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Q: Photos from Photos app not accessible in iMovie 10.0.8

When using iMovie 10.0.8, Photos in the new Photos app are not showing up in the Photos heading in the library. Photos under the iPhoto heading are accessible.

 

Using OS X 10.10.3

 

Thanks for any help.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7), null

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 1:04 PM

by mtngoatjoe@mac.com,Solvedanswer
mtngoatjoe@mac.com mtngoatjoe@mac.com
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A:

I'm having the same problem.

 

OS X 10.10.3, Photos 1.0 (209.52.0). There is a "Photos Library" in the Library pane, but selecting it doesn't show anything. Where the content should be, it says "No Photos or Videos".

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 2:36 PM

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  • by mtngoatjoe@mac.com,Solvedanswer

    mtngoatjoe@mac.com mtngoatjoe@mac.com Apr 25, 2015 2:36 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:36 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    I'm having the same problem.

     

    OS X 10.10.3, Photos 1.0 (209.52.0). There is a "Photos Library" in the Library pane, but selecting it doesn't show anything. Where the content should be, it says "No Photos or Videos".

  • by lawrencefromedmonds,Helpful

    lawrencefromedmonds lawrencefromedmonds Apr 25, 2015 4:34 PM in response to mtngoatjoe@mac.com
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    Apr 25, 2015 4:34 PM in response to mtngoatjoe@mac.com

    I finally figured this out. In Photos, select “Preferences”. There is a selection to “Use as System Photo Library”. Click on this to allow whatever photo library you are using when you opened Photos to be used in iMovie and other applications. You can always open Photos and use other libraries, but only the one you are using as the “System Photo Library” will be recognized by other applications such as iMovie and also, I believe, in iCloud.

     

    Hope this will solve the mystery for you, too.

  • by mrfisma,

    mrfisma mrfisma Apr 25, 2015 10:27 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Apr 25, 2015 10:27 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Thank You!!!

  • by Ceres72,

    Ceres72 Ceres72 Apr 26, 2015 5:43 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Apr 26, 2015 5:43 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Thanks.

    I was kind totally lost but your hit let me save lot of time.

  • by PhiliMic,Helpful

    PhiliMic PhiliMic May 13, 2015 8:38 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    May 13, 2015 8:38 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    This option is greyed out for me... I am unable to click it. Any ideas? (I tried to upload a screen shot but it does not work for some reason)

  • by behappy0201,

    behappy0201 behappy0201 May 13, 2015 2:27 PM in response to PhiliMic
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    May 13, 2015 2:27 PM in response to PhiliMic

    The option is greyed out for me as well

  • by lawrencefromedmonds,Helpful

    lawrencefromedmonds lawrencefromedmonds May 13, 2015 4:30 PM in response to behappy0201
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    May 13, 2015 4:30 PM in response to behappy0201

    If the “Use As System Photo Library” is greyed out, it means you have started Photos with the Photo library that is already the default library. ( It will not be greyed out if you started Photos with a library that is a different one). When you start iMovie, I would think you would then be able to see this library in the Library Pane. I assume you have quit iMovie and re-started. If all this doesn’t work, I’m not sure what is going on. You may try quitting Photos and launch again while holding down the option key. A list of your available libraries will be shown. Select a different library (or create a new one) and launch. In preferences, see if the box is still greyed out and select it if it is not. Then launch iMovie and see if it shows up in the Library pane. If it does, then quit iMovie, quit Photos, re-launch Photos with Option Key held down and select your original library and launch. Check preferences again and see if the box greyed out. If it is not, click on it to make your original library the default one. Then re-launch iMovie and see if it is available in the Library pane.

    Hope this helps.

  • by rabburns,

    rabburns rabburns May 30, 2015 9:15 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    May 30, 2015 9:15 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Thanks a lot - that really helped.

  • by olymegs,

    olymegs olymegs May 31, 2015 9:23 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    May 31, 2015 9:23 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Any ideas on what to try if this doesn't work? I followed the steps you outlined, and was able to get to the point where I could select 'Use As System Photo Library' but iMovie still won't allow Photos as an option within the app (it doesn't show up in Libraries and won't allow me to access it using the import button).

  • by shelbyfromks,

    shelbyfromks shelbyfromks May 31, 2015 5:43 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    May 31, 2015 5:43 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Good grief- I've spent an hour trying to figure this out!  Thanks for posting the actual solution!  Worked like a charm!

  • by lawrencefromedmonds,Helpful

    lawrencefromedmonds lawrencefromedmonds May 31, 2015 8:29 PM in response to olymegs
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    May 31, 2015 8:29 PM in response to olymegs

    I am not sure if I can help, but I will try. First, be sure to follow, in detail, all the suggestions I presented in the previous posts. If you look at the post to “behappy0201” 3 weeks ago, you will see a suggestion that you restart the Photos app while holding down the option key. You will get the option to create a new library. Select this option and open Photos. Put some photos into this library. Open Photos. Then go to preferences and select “Use As System Photo Library”. Close both the Photos and iMovie apps. Open iMovies and see if Photos shows up in the library pane. If it does not, I don’t know what is going on. If it does show, then quit iMovie, open up the Photos app while holding down the option key and select your desired(original) photo library. When opened, go to preferences and select "Use As System Photo Library”. Quit Photo, launch iMovie and see if your original Photos shows up in the library pane. If it does not, I don’t know what is going on, and I’m not sure what else to suggest. I hope this helps you.

  • by olymegs,

    olymegs olymegs Jun 1, 2015 8:17 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Jun 1, 2015 8:17 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I followed all the steps and Photo still won't populate in the Library in iMovie. However, I did find a temporary work around so I could finish my current project. I created a desktop folder and then dragged the pics I need from Photo into that. iMovie did allow me to import them from the desktop folder. Not ideal, but it works!!

  • by Jball03,

    Jball03 Jball03 Jun 27, 2015 8:19 PM in response to olymegs
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    Jun 27, 2015 8:19 PM in response to olymegs

    I tried all the "work arounds" and ultimately ended up putting my pictures and videos into a folder on the desktop and accessing them that way. Thanks for all your suggestions!

  • by danielefromfiumicino,

    danielefromfiumicino danielefromfiumicino Aug 10, 2015 10:02 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Aug 10, 2015 10:02 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Hi Lawrence, thanks a lot for your support. With your instructions at least now I know how the libraries works on my mac and how to set up each of them as System library. Unfortunately, even if I followed your guidelines still my iMovie doesn't show the Photos library. I'm thinking to remove it and return back to the traditional iPhoto. Why indeed to get to somewhere if it is reducing functionalities without to get real value added?

    If in the meantime you got other reasons why iMovie does not show Photos library, I appreciate.

     

    Regards,

    Daniele

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