Q: Imovie 11 crashes with OS El Capitan

Great, I have a -

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)

ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB

Ill have to do some digging into my card.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

Report Version:  22

Build Version:   1

Source Version:  27133005065000000

App External ID: 813497458

Hardware model:  MacBookPro11,1

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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