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Q: Move project and events from imovie 9.0.9 to imovie 10.0.6

I am trying to move a project and events from a Mac with OS X10.8.5, iMovie 9.0.9 to a Mac with OS X10.10.1, running iMovie 10.0.6.  Not sure what other details might be pertinent, but ask away if you want to know something else.

 

I have followed the steps to transfer the project to the new machine with an external harddrive, but when I import the project to iMovie on the new machine, nothing comes over.  After tinkering with it, I noticed that none of the events moved.  They all say "Can't locate xxxxxxx file".  I then went into the events folder and played some of the movies.  They all need to "convert", much like is described here: OS X Mavericks: Some files may be converted when opened in QuickTime Player - Apple Support.

 

I'm guessing that is my problem, that when iMovie is importing the project and events, it is not converting the event files to something it can read.  Is there a solution to this or do I just need to recreate the entire project?  Any help or direction would be most appreciated.  I've been pulling my hair out over this for weeks!

Posted on Jan 1, 2015 1:15 PM