HT202853: Update projects and events from previous versions of iMovie in iMovie (2014)

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Claxy
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Q: In iMovie, can I add an event to a previous year?

A few of my events in iMovie were recorded in older versions of iMovie. Some have been grouped together under a single Event, but were recorded in different years, and there is no Event in that year for me to add them to. How can I add a new Event to a previous year (say, 2011) and put the video in that?

Posted on Sep 27, 2015 1:50 AM

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Claxy

Q: In iMovie, can I add an event to a previous year?

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  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Sep 27, 2015 2:29 AM in response to Claxy
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    Sep 27, 2015 2:29 AM in response to Claxy

    After you have updated to iMovie 10 (the latest) you can create new events and name them as you wish.  You can move clips between events how you like.  See:  http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0.8/#/mov74d7d370c for details.

     

    Geoff.

  • by Claxy,

    Claxy Claxy Sep 27, 2015 2:49 AM in response to GeeD
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    Sep 27, 2015 2:49 AM in response to GeeD

    Thanks for your reply, and I'm using iMovie 10.0.9, but every time I want to create a New Event, it creates it in 2015, not 2014 or earlier, even if I've highlighted that year. I seem to only be able to create a new Event for 2015.

  • by Claxy,

    Claxy Claxy Sep 27, 2015 3:12 AM in response to Claxy
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    Sep 27, 2015 3:12 AM in response to Claxy

    It's okay. I think I've sorted it. Even though it forms a new Event in 2015, as soon as you put the older video into it, it moves to the year the video was made. Thanks.

  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Sep 27, 2015 3:19 AM in response to Claxy
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    Sep 27, 2015 3:19 AM in response to Claxy

    You have evidently selected 'sort events by 'Oldest to newest or newest to oldest like this:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-09-27 at 12.07.59.png

    It appears that the year depends on the most recent clip in the event.  Right clicking on an event and selecting 'Sort by name' ignores the year:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-09-27 at 12.08.30.png

    You can name the events as you wish and even include the year you want in the name if you wish.

     

    Geoff.

     

    Ah - see you had already posted