Can't export movie in iMovie 10: "This item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera"

I've found a way! If there are videos from other cameras that dont require an SD card ( smartphones or webcams ) then put all of those together, copy them , delete them from the movie you made , export the movie with the remaining files ( the ones you needed he SD card to add them to the movie ) and export it , go back to the app and add the downloaded movie and paste in the remaining clips

Cameron Shand age 13

I just found out something. I was having this issue...welll i still am. I think i found a resolve. Now i am on the cloud and i doubt this matters but maybe it does. it seems the only thing you can share with when you are having this issue in imove is the THEATER feature. So when you are done share the movie to theater. Then go back to the orginal movie, where you do all your editing and then share it again to the THEATER it will ask you if you want to keep both or replace. Hit Replace after that is done check your trash the trash can in your dock. If you open it youll see it deleted the first one you replaced and you'll find the 1080p version 720p version and the 480p version in the trash..LOL its odd but it works.

yes i too have this problem not found a fix yet i also noticed that after downloading my video to the mac when i disconected the camera it came up missing filies ? only on some parts strange as ive downloaded straight from the memory card and all is fine yet when i try to download from the cameras hard drive i get this message but even stranger some of the footage thats on the camers hard drive shows up in the i movie and plays ok

Thank you. This worked for me as well but of course it is not supposed to be the way to solve any problem.

Brilliant work-around for now. I'm glad you found this bizare solution or my project I wanted to share tomorrow would have been stuck in carbonite freeze..

Neosinn....this is goofy but it's easy and it works. Thanks!

Yes, I'm seeing this too. Relly unintuitive piece of software. Very NOT Apple.

@Neosinn, great, that works! Well done for working that out. I did this and have no cloud setup.

I take out my SD card from my camera and have been putting it the MacBook and then import from there. Previously, I have been able to edit then share. Now, I can't do that either in the manner I have been doing it. What I do is simply copy the file from the SD card and put it into a folder on my MacBook. Then, in iMovie I import the file from the folder on my computer, edit, do whatever, then can share that file from there to the final output medium.

This worked for me!! Thank you so much for sharing. I was getting sooooo frustrated!! BLESS YOU!! SENDING GOOD MOJO YOUR WAY 🙂

YOU SIR SAVED ME A WEEKS WORTH OF WORK!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! IF I KNEW YOU I WOULD BUY YOU DINNER!!! Haha 😝 Thanks again!!! 😀

Amazing that you found this. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent! I just used this "stupid" solution as well... Happy 🙂