iMovie crashes

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iMovie crashes

I used iMovie last time about a year ago.

Yesterday I wanted to edit a little video with some clips taken with my Nikon camera but after few seconds iMovie is running and while I'm adding clips to the timeline, it crashes.

I tried several times, I thought it was just a temporary problem.

Then I updated everything (to last OS version: 10.10.5) and this morning I tried one more time.

It even crashed before I could say "it's working!".

What can I do?

I also wanted to insert the log, but I can't because "this message contains invalid characters".

OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 1:20 AM

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Answer 1

REDNIRT

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Aug 18, 2015 4:54 AM in response to theclubber

I too have been trying to trouble shoot this with Apple Tech Support. iMovie is crashing with me when Sharing. I put a new 10.10.5 system on an external drive and booted from that. iMovie performed 100% ok. On my iMac using its internal drive iMovie either crashes on startup or when sharing. Apple Tech Support have asked me to trash my copy of iMovie and re-download from the App store. Doing this now (very slow despite being on fast broadband - over 50 mins). Apple due to phone back after download. Will report more later

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theclubber Author

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Aug 18, 2015 5:25 AM in response to REDNIRT

Thank you very much for the reply.

If you succeed with this solution, I hope it'll be fine for me, too.

Looking forward to reading news from you!

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REDNIRT

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Aug 18, 2015 5:28 AM in response to theclubber

Thanks for your reply - Still working on the problem, will report to you later - just waiting a call from Apple Tech Support. Fresh copy of the app downloaded now and am creating a new library (option key down on launching the app. PT

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REDNIRT

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Aug 18, 2015 7:02 AM in response to theclubber

At last Apple Support have found a solution! When you launch iMovie hold down the Opt/Alt and Command keys and this action will reset all the prefs to the default. iMovie will launch as if it was a first time launch. As I write I have 'sharing' a fairly long movie to my DeskTop, and it has got over half way - so fingers crossed! Apparently this is a new feature in the latest version. I wish Apple had told us.... would have saved me and their techies a lot of time.

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