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Imovie 11 crashes with OS El Capitan

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011), Processor 2,4 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB, OS X El Capitan 10.11.1.

Imovie 11 crashes at random when trying to add a transition, text, importing a movie, etc..

It is enough frustration that the beachball is now ever present everywhere and that I can't even open Google Chrome since I've upgraded to El Capitan 10.11.1, now I cannot edit video which is what I mainly use the Mac for.

I can't uninstall Imovie since I have many unfinished projects that I can't lose.

Please advise.

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 9, 2015 8:31 AM

50 replies

realityisa Author

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Nov 10, 2015 8:17 AM in response to realityisa

Other graphics software having issues since El Capitan all due to the Intel HD 3000 graphics card:

http://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2015/10/15/os-x-el-capitan-support-and-a-new-phot os-extension/

Nov 10, 2015 11:37 AM in response to realityisa

Great, I have a -

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)

ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB

Ill have to do some digging into my card.

Nov 10, 2015 9:28 PM in response to Semantics

hmmm

I am stuck, I will email ATI

ATI Radeon HD 5670:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5670

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x68c0

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B9850K-133

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.416

Displays:

iMac:

Display Type: LCD

Resolution: 2560 x 1440

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Built-In: Yes

realityisa Author

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Nov 11, 2015 6:18 AM in response to realityisa

This is exactly what is happening to me, thumbnails invert upside down when hovering and it crashes if you try to use titles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpf-y4p18M

It is ludicrous that if we don't have an older OS saved we are royally screwed.

Further worse when I try to update my Imovie to Imovie 10 on the app store it fails.

So basically I don't have Imovie anymore, which is 80% of what I need and use the mac for.

Apple should have warned us that Imovie 9.0.4 and 9.0.9 would not be compatible with OS El Capitan, don't they test these things before releasing their stuff?

If they won't fix this at least make the Imovie 10 update on the App store functional!!!!!!!!

Nov 11, 2015 11:36 AM in response to realityisa

YUP, I cant update imovie either. I didnt know there was an update... Imovie 11... Imovie 11 9.09... now 10... I really dont want to go to final cut

Nov 11, 2015 12:07 PM in response to Semantics

It works! I just got Imovie to update. The thumbnails and text work!

C_S_V

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Nov 18, 2015 7:13 PM in response to Semantics

What did you do to get the update to work?

I have the same problem with iMovie 9.0.9 on OS X El Capitan (10.11.1). For what I use it for, I can't upgrade to 10. I use it in combination with iDVD to create DVD's with chapter markers. Apple decided to remove that feature in iMovie 10 so it's of no use to me.

I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB graphics card, so I don't think it's the Intel HD Graphics 3000 card.

I've tried the following all to no avail:

Removed iMovie-related plist files
Removed all projects from iMovie
Removed iMovie 10 from my machine
Upgraded to 9.0.9

I would try a fresh install, but iMovie shipped with the Mac when I bought it 5+ years ago. I don't know of a way to do a fresh install.

Here's the first part of the crash report in case that can give someone some ideas on how to resolve.

Process: iMovie [3127]

Path: /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie

Identifier: com.apple.iMovieApp

Version: 9.0.9 (1795)

Build Info: iMovieApp-1795000000000000~1

Code Type: X86 (Native)

Parent Process: ??? [1]

Responsible: iMovie [3127]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2015-11-18 21:11:44.925 -0600

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.11.1 (15B42)

Report Version: 11

Anonymous UUID: 06B9DBC8-5775-FB35-484F-D02E5E6DC272

Sleep/Wake UUID: 4D474FC6-8437-4E01-A3E0-554452F8F776

Time Awake Since Boot: 80000 seconds

Time Since Wake: 1400 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000004

Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

VM Regions Near 0x4:

-->

__TEXT 0000000000059000-00000000004e1000 [ 4640K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 libFosl_dynamic.dylib 0x9576f1dd llvm::po_ext_iterator<fosl::filter::Node*, llvm::SmallPtrSet<fosl::filter::Node*, 8u> > llvm::po_ext_begin<fosl::filter::Node*, llvm::SmallPtrSet<fosl::filter::Node*, 8u> >(fosl::filter::Node*, llvm::SmallPtrSet<fosl::filter::Node*, 8u>&) + 61

1 libFosl_dynamic.dylib 0x9576be44 fosl::filter::DAG::parseSubDAG(fosl::filter::Node*, fosl::Parser&, clang::DiagnosticsEngine&, llvm::SmallPtrSet<fosl::filter::Node*, 8u>&) + 84

2 libFosl_dynamic.dylib 0x9576cf4d fosl::filter::DAG::parseNodes() + 973

3 libFosl_dynamic.dylib 0x95770f14 fosl_filter_parseNodesInGraph + 20

4 com.apple.CoreImage 0x9768a05a CI::FoslAdapter::constructShaderFromDAG(unsigned int) + 106

5 com.apple.CoreImage 0x97608b53 ___ZN2CIL19prepare_render_treeEPNS_7ContextEPKcPNS_4NodeE_block_invoke32 + 4149

C_S_V

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Nov 18, 2015 7:33 PM in response to C_S_V

I just tried clearing iMovie Cache files - same problem.

I also tried creating a new Admin user and running iMovie under that user account - same problem.

Nov 19, 2015 12:36 AM in response to C_S_V

I have no idea, I was clicking update and nothing would happen. Then suddenly it was updated. I dont think I did anything special

C_S_V

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Nov 19, 2015 8:00 PM in response to Semantics

Well, I figured out how to do a clean install, but it still has the same problem after doing that. Here's the procedure I used in case someone might find it useful:

Used the AppCleaner utility to remove iMovie and all related files
Emptied Trash
Restart
Downloaded the iMovie 9.0.9 update from Apple
Used the unpkg utility to extract the iMovie app out of the install package - The installer has a check for a previous version of iMovie and won't allow you to install the updated app. unpkg lets you install the app manually without doing the previous version check.
Copied the iMovie app from the extracted directory created by unpkg to the Applications folder - this is the manual installation of the app
Same problem as before 😟

Unfortunately, I see a downgrade back to Yosemite in my future.

Nov 22, 2015 12:37 PM in response to C_S_V

Well, I tried doing a project and its unstable and crashing all the time...

Guess its time to pay for something... as I am sure they want 😉

Process: iMovie [640]

Path: /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie

Identifier: com.apple.iMovieApp

Version: 10.1 (271335)

Build Info: iMovieX-27133005065000000~1

App Item ID: 408981434

App External ID: 813497458

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: ??? [1]

Responsible: iMovie [640]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2015-11-22 12:33:34.278 -0800

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.11.1 (15B42)

Report Version: 11

Anonymous UUID: F2AE56E4-E4CB-7B6E-F3FA-697C5270605B

Time Awake Since Boot: 1900 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 32 BGTask: FFBackgroundDeinterlaceProcessorTask Dispatch queue: NSOperationQueue 0x7f8b43c28170 :: NSOperation 0x7f8b43b5d880 (QOS: UTILITY)

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000016496f000

Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

applex2

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Nov 22, 2015 12:56 PM in response to Semantics

What is there to purchase that will do the same simple editing as iMovie? Please let me know as I have not been able to use iMovie since upgrading to El Capitan (worst mistake I have done since being and ORIGINAL Apple user since 1985!!) This has been the worst decision since I have been using Apple operating system. Not one user has been able to help in the discussion boards ---> that should tell Apple something!

Nov 27, 2015 2:59 PM in response to realityisa

realityisa, there is a definite problem with iMovie 11 (version 9) and El Capitan. I have yet to find anyone that has been able to run this combination. One of the problems is that when you import photos they go black. So if you plan to run El Capitan you will need to upgrade to iMovie (version 10).

I have been running versions 8 & 9 for several years and love the interface. But the new version 10 is much like Final Cut Pro (which I also have). I don't like version 10 but it seems to run just fine with El Capitan (at least on my iMac. You realize it has been out since Oct. of 2013 so I think most of the bugs are worked out.

Normally when you upgraded to El Capitan that version should have been installed on your computer. If not you should be able to just download from the App Store. I just did that on my MacBook Pro while I was typing this reply and it seems to work fine.

applex2

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Nov 27, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Rich Rydalch

Hello Rich,

I am running iMovie 10.1 and El Capitan and the application will not run. I get the dreaded "preparing media for share....." and iMovie stops responding 😟 I have to force quit everytime (and yes, I send a report to Apple dozens of times a day!) The application has been rendered useless. I have not been able to run iMovie since upgrading to El Capitan and I so wish I HAD NOT updated. I am still searching for an answer, but no one can help or explain why iMovie and El Capitan to do not work together.

Date/Time:	2015-11-27 15:13:54 -0800
OS Version:	Mac OS X 10.11.1 (Build 15B42)
Architecture:	x86_64h

Report Version: 22

Command:	iMovie
Path:	/Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie
Version:	10.1 (271335)

Build Version: 1

Project Name:

iMovieX

Source Version: 27133005065000000

App Item ID:

408981434

App External ID: 813497458

Parent:	launchd [1]
PID:	580

Event:	hang
Duration:	2.10s (process was unresponsive for 249 seconds before sampling)
Steps:	21 (100ms sampling interval)

Hardware model: MacBookPro11,1

Active cpus:

Fan speed:

1290 rpm

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Timeline format: stacks are sorted chronologically

Use -i and -heavy to re-report with count sorting

--------------------------------------------------

Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:

16 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 13741) [0x7fff895e35ad]

16 NSProApplicationMain + 329 (ProKit + 115759) [0x101f4d42f]

16 -[NSApplication run] + 682 (AppKit + 253224) [0x7fff805d9d28]

16 -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 454 (AppKit + 299461) [0x7fff805e51c5]

16 _DPSNextEvent + 2245 (AppKit + 303664) [0x7fff805e6230]

16 AEProcessAppleEvent + 55 (HIToolbox + 265973) [0x7fff81b8eef5]

16 aeProcessAppleEvent + 288 (AE + 32344) [0x7fff88a09e58]

16 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 31 (AE + 32572) [0x7fff88a09f3c]

16 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned int, unsigned char*) + 531 (AE + 33205) [0x7fff88a0a1b5]

16 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 102 (Foundation + 350471) [0x7fff8ae06907]

16 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 290 (Foundation + 350861) [0x7fff8ae06a8d]

16 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 250 (AppKit + 321643) [0x7fff805ea86b]

16 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 557 (AppKit + 323009) [0x7fff805eadc1]

16 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 203 (AppKit + 1653771) [0x7fff8072fc0b]

16 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 297 (AppKit + 1654433) [0x7fff8072fea1]

16 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 66 (Foundation + 28922) [0x7fff8adb80fa]

16 _CFXNotificationPost + 693 (CoreFoundation + 379173) [0x7fff9399d925]

16 -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1922 (CoreFoundation + 382674) [0x7fff9399e6d2]

16 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 50 (CoreFoundation + 657682) [0x7fff939e1912]

16 _CFXRegistrationPost + 407 (CoreFoundation + 658343) [0x7fff939e1ba7]

16 ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 63 (CoreFoundation + 658479) [0x7fff939e1c2f]

16 __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12 (CoreFoundation + 658588) [0x7fff939e1c9c]

16 -[PEAppController applicationDidFinishLaunching:] + 2549 (iMovie + 1012725) [0x101ae53f5]

16 -[PEAppController restoreOpenDocuments] + 97 (iMovie + 1010049) [0x101ae4981]

16 -[FFWorkspace restoreActiveDocuments:error:] + 472 (Flexo + 15179576) [0x103132f38]

16 -[FFWorkspace restoreDocuments:urls:] + 508 (Flexo + 15178700) [0x103132bcc]

16 -[PEDocumentController reopenDocumentForURL:withContentsOfURL:error:] + 73 (iMovie + 206729) [0x101a20789]

16 -[NSDocumentController(NSDeprecated) reopenDocumentForURL:withContentsOfURL:error:] + 173 (AppKit + 5931634) [0x7fff80b44272]

16 -[NSDocumentController makeDocumentForURL:withContentsOfURL:ofType:error:] + 405 (AppKit + 5884355) [0x7fff80b389c3]

16 -[FFLibraryDocument initForURL:withContentsOfURL:ofType:error:] + 70 (Flexo + 13192774) [0x102f4de46]

16 -[FFLibraryDocument initWithContentsOfURL:ofType:error:] + 113 (Flexo + 13192673) [0x102f4dde1]

16 -[FFLibraryDocument initWithURL:isTemporary:createDefaultEvent:error:] + 485 (Flexo + 13190901) [0x102f4d6f5]

16 -[FFModelDocument initWithURL:catalog:type:create:libraryItem:error:] + 179 (Flexo + 13352835) [0x102f74f83]

16 -[FFModelDocument initWithCatalog:store:ofType:validate:libraryItem:error:] + 799 (Flexo + 13351199) [0x102f7491f]

16 -[FFLibraryDocument _validateStore:location:error:] + 205 (Flexo + 13210349) [0x102f522ed]

16 -[FFLibraryDocument restoreLibraryFromBundle:] + 714 (Flexo + 13211850) [0x102f528ca]

16 -[PEDocument runLibraryRepairTask:] + 45 (iMovie + 51549) [0x1019fa95d]

16 +[FFLibraryRepairTask repair:error:] + 226 (Flexo + 13511394) [0x102f9bae2]

16 -[FFLibraryRepairTask restore:] + 477 (Flexo + 13518205) [0x102f9d57d]

16 -[FFModelDocument showModalProgress:] + 30 (Flexo + 13355550) [0x102f75a1e]

16 __31-[FFLibraryRepairTask restore:]_block_invoke214 + 658 (Flexo + 13519618) [0x102f9db02]

15 -[FFLibraryRepairTask restoreItem:parent:status:error:] + 296 (Flexo + 13525720) [0x102f9f2d8]

12 +[DSStore validate:allRecords:error:] + 544 (DeepSkyLite + 55312) [0x104981810]

12 -[DSStore fetchAll:] + 246 (DeepSkyLite + 47865) [0x10497faf9]

12 -[DSBridge performBlockAndWait:] + 119 (DeepSkyLite + 15906) [0x104977e22]

12 -[NSManagedObjectContext performBlockAndWait:] + 236 (CoreData + 407756) [0x7fff824458cc]

12 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_invoke + 74 (libdispatch.dylib + 14762) [0x7fff8d2259aa]

12 _dispatch_client_callout + 8 (libdispatch.dylib + 9155) [0x7fff8d2243c3]

12 developerSubmittedBlockToNSManagedObjectContextPerform + 196 (CoreData + 408036) [0x7fff824459e4]

12 __32-[DSBridge performBlockAndWait:]_block_invoke + 68 (DeepSkyLite + 15985) [0x104977e71]

12 ___ZN12_GLOBAL__N_1L19PerformBlockAndWaitIP7NSError8DSBridgeEET_PT0_U13block_po interFS4_vE_block_invoke + 16 (DeepSkyLite + 82507) [0x10498824b]

12 __20-[DSStore fetchAll:]_block_invoke + 61 (DeepSkyLite + 48025) [0x10497fb99]

12 -[DSStore fetchAllData:error:] + 179 (DeepSkyLite + 44748) [0x10497eecc]

12 -[DSStore fetchRecordsMatching:related:error:] + 627 (DeepSkyLite + 45481) [0x10497f1a9]

12 -[DSStore fetch:error:progress:] + 70 (DeepSkyLite + 47495) [0x10497f987]

12 -[NSManagedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:error:] + 586 (CoreData + 112314) [0x7fff823fd6ba]

12 -[NSPersistentStoreCoordinator executeRequest:withContext:error:] + 533 (CoreData + 118581) [0x7fff823fef35]

12 _perform + 194 (CoreData + 886162) [0x7fff824ba592]

12 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_invoke + 74 (libdispatch.dylib + 14762) [0x7fff8d2259aa]

12 _dispatch_client_callout + 8 (libdispatch.dylib + 9155) [0x7fff8d2243c3]

12 gutsOfBlockToNSPersistentStoreCoordinatorPerform + 179 (CoreData + 957075) [0x7fff824cba93]

12 __65-[NSPersistentStoreCoordinator executeRequest:withContext:error:]_block_invoke + 4120 (CoreData + 913848) [0x7fff824c11b8]

12 -[NSSQLCore executeRequest:withContext:error:] + 380 (CoreData + 119516) [0x7fff823ff2dc]

12 -[NSSQLCore objectsForFetchRequest:inContext:] + 520 (CoreData + 121160) [0x7fff823ff948]

5 newFetchedRowsForFetchPlan_MT + 3282 (CoreData + 201762) [0x7fff82413422]

5 _prepareResultsFromResultSet + 3791 (CoreData + 214415) [0x7fff8241658f]

5 -[NSManagedObjectContext(_NSInternalAdditions) _retainedObjectWithID:optionalHandler:withInlineStorage:] + 119 (CoreData + 184375) [0x7fff8240f037]

5 _PFFastEntityClass + 380 (CoreData + 185244) [0x7fff8240f39c]

2 +[NSManagedObject(_PFDynamicAccessorsAndPropertySupport) classForEntity:] + 525 (CoreData + 186141) [0x7fff8240f71d]

2 class_addMethod + 71 (libobjc.A.dylib + 65995) [0x7fff81f821cb]

2 addMethod(objc_class*, objc_selector*, void (*)(), char const*, bool) + 211 (libobjc.A.dylib + 22969) [0x7fff81f779b9]

1 flushCaches(objc_class*) + 285 (libobjc.A.dylib + 26675) [0x7fff81f78833] (running)

Process: iMovie [631]

Path: /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie

Architecture: x86_64

Parent: launchd [1]

UID: 501

Task size: 98820 pages (+1176)

CPU Time: 1.511s

Note: Unresponsive for 17 seconds before sampling

Note: 6 idle work queue threads omitted

realityisa Author

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Nov 27, 2015 6:55 PM in response to Rich Rydalch

Hi Rich, thanks for your reply.

But my late 2011 MacBook is now useless after the El Capitan update, as in it is only a piece of metal. Everything takes ages to load, I´m talking about 10-30 minutes to open an app. Beachball everywhere.

Furthermore, I can´t update to Imovie 10 because I get update failed and install failed error messages. I even put Imovie 9 in the trash to make a fresh install from the appstore but it won´t install.

I have not been able to use my Mac since I update to El Capitan and have tried everything. I even opened it up and cleaned it, disconnected the battery, etc.. I went from a fully functional Macbook Pro to a piece of metal from where I have half of my life and I can´t even recover the files since Iphoto doesn´t work either and my Mac now does not recognize my external hd memories so I can´t save up my videos.

I am disgusted by Apple and by this forced obsolescence and I am already looking at other companies´offerings to get a new machine.

Imovie 11 crashes with OS El Capitan