How can I recover iMovie HD projects in Yosemite

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How can I recover iMovie HD projects in Yosemite

I Have several projects created in iMovie HD (8.03), They are no longer supported in Yosemite I discovered yesterday. Is there any way to open the in later versions of iMovie?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Nov 27, 2014 8:39 AM

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Dale Garber

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Nov 29, 2014 7:52 AM in response to Charles Scurlock

I found this answer in another post... It worked for me.

Find iMovie HD.app, control click on it and View Package Contents. Open Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD. That seems to bypass the check.

It will open the terminal app when you double click on the iMovie HD exec file, but the program will work as usual

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Answer 2

Nov 30, 2014 2:56 PM in response to Dale Garber

Thank you. This appears to solve my problem. Not sure of the possible consequences or collateral damage but if it works, great!

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Answer 3

Sep 1, 2015 12:14 AM in response to Dale Garber

I was able to open an archived file though Terminal, but can't get the time line to show up.

So now I have the original project but minus all the editing I did.

Is there a way to get my work back?

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