Imovie 10.0.6, OS 10.10.1 Mac book Pro. I am showing 250 gigs in imovie, when i look at all the projects etc..it only adds up to 40gigs. Where are these video files?

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Imovie 10.0.6, OS 10.10.1 Mac book Pro. I am showing 250 gigs in imovie, when i look at all the projects etc..it only adds up to 40gigs. Where are these video files?

I am showing that i have 250 gigs of storgae being used by movies. That being said, i only have 40 gigs in my imovie. There are no other movies on my desktop etc. Trash is empty. Is there a hidden backup? Where can they be. I am new to these forums, I am not a computer guy. I have only strated experiencing this since i updated my computer, after 5 years, recently. New Imovie, don't like it.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Cheers

bill

iMovie '11, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), where arre my movie files?

Posted on Apr 27, 2015 11:48 AM

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 27, 2015 11:55 AM in response to whalenrocks

If this is from the 'About This Mac' display, run a Spotlight reindex:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

If no success, download from the Internet OmniDisk Sweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes.

Ciao.

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whalenrocks Author

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Apr 27, 2015 12:19 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

thanks. ill give it a try.

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whalenrocks Author

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Apr 27, 2015 12:23 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

What happened is that all the storage is still used but listed as other rather than broken down specifically how it is used...ie movies, photos music etc...How can i get that back to how it was?

Thanks again.

b

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 27, 2015 12:35 PM in response to whalenrocks

OTHER is a legitimate category and if you ran the re-index of Spotlight, that will reflect how the various files are defined by Yosemite.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867

You can move folders around but personally I see no point in it. If I can find a specific file, that is what I deem to be important. That display has had a bug in it from the inception of Yosemite.

Ciao.

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