Bloat in iMovie (iPhoto Library & Events)

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Bloat in iMovie (iPhoto Library & Events)

I'm trying to get rid of the memory and hard drive bloat in iMovie to hopefully get it running faster.

1) What is the point of having the iPhoto Library connected to iMovie? It seems like iMovie loads the entire thing which seems like an insane amount of waste. I'm NEVER going to use anything in iPhoto except once in a blue moon. Can this be gotten rid of?

2) I always delete everything from "projects" and all the clips I can see when I'm done exporting so there isn't loads of bloat in the next project. However, when I click on "All Events" there is one event sitting there with like 25Gigs of crap in it. I can't open it or do anything with it. It's just sitting there. What is this? How do I get rid of it?

Thanks!!!

Posted on Jul 10, 2014 12:21 AM

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Bengt Wärleby

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Jul 10, 2014 1:04 AM in response to nickaster

Hi

I would set iPhoto to open a new empty photo library

- Start iPhoto and keep alt-key down during up-start - select to do a new library

Next time iMovie will start faster

Else a note I made for iDVD - but same goes for iMovie (most of it)

TO GET IT TO WORK SLIGHTLY FASTER

Minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up hard disk for SD-Video Quality and about 4 - 5 times more - if it is a HD-Project.

No other programs running in BackGround e.g. Energy-Saver

Don’t let HD spin down or be turned off (in Energy-Save)

Do not have more external devices connected as is of urgent need. Move hard disks that are not to be used to Trash - Or to be disconnected/turned off

Goto Spotlight and set the rest of them under Integrity (not to be scanned)

Set screen-saver to a folder without any photo
First - then make an active corner (up right for me) and set pointer to this
Secondly - turns on screen saver
Then - to show that it has nothing to show

No File Vault on - Important

NO - TimeMachine - during iMovie/iDVD work either ! IMPORTANT

Lot's of icons on DeskTop/Finder also slows down the Mac noticeably

if a project is in a real hurry

First - Then Start a new User-Account and

Then - log into this and iMovie get's faster too

And let Mac run on Mains - not just on battery

Yours Bengt W

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nickaster Author

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Jul 15, 2014 5:19 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Thanks, but what are the consequences of this? If I do the following:

I would set iPhoto to open a new empty photo library

- Start iPhoto and keep alt-key down during up-start - select to do a new library

Then what happens if I actually want, at some point, to use iPhoto with the regular library? Do I have to do the alt thing again?

Thanks!

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Jul 15, 2014 9:18 PM in response to nickaster

This is a two step strategy.

a. To find out if the problem is in a corrupted iPhoto library (fairly common origin)

b. If so - trying to repair iPhoto as this will make iMovie run OK too.

c. alt way to use photos mean-while. In iPhoto EXPORT out needed photos (as .jpg) to a folder on DeskTop - then switch back to the empty library. Now use the photos in this in Your Movie project.

Yours Bengt W

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nickaster Author

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Aug 16, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby

I'm not sure this really did anything... how do I get iPhoto to revert back to the old library? Where are these darn things stored?

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nickaster Author

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Aug 16, 2014 12:57 PM in response to nickaster

Neverrmind, I found them. I can't believe what a trash program iPhoto is! Apple is tricking people into the dumbest possible way to manage photos. I'm exporting to folder and never will use this program again!

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