I got a lexar thumb drive 128G and was hoping I could transfer raw movies onto it and edit them with iMovie.
I'm not able to see the thumb drive in iMovie the latest version. Is it even possible or am I doing something wrong?
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macbook pro running Yosemite
The reason imovie doesn't see the thumb drive is probably because it has to be Apple - formatted and not FAT formatted (which is usually the default). You can re-format using Disk Utility.
Using a thumb drive to store an iMovie library backup is fine but I would not recommend using it for editing unless it is a very fast USB-3 drive. Most thumb drives will have much too low read and (especially) write speed.
Geoff.
The reason imovie doesn't see the thumb drive is probably because it has to be Apple - formatted and not FAT formatted (which is usually the default). You can re-format using Disk Utility.
Using a thumb drive to store an iMovie library backup is fine but I would not recommend using it for editing unless it is a very fast USB-3 drive. Most thumb drives will have much too low read and (especially) write speed.
Geoff.
Thanks GeeD for the very good knowledge .
I figured a flash drive would be faster then a disc drive but I guess not if its a thumb drive.
I'm afraid I have some issues with my laptop .
I plugged in an old drive with a bunch of iMovies(probably made with 8 or 9) from other Macs and it said I had damaged files .
I never had these problems with older versions of iMovie. Is there any chance it will run better if I upgrade to EiCapitan?
Have you heard anything regarding problems with iMovie 10 and Yosemite ?
thanks again
" it said I had damaged files"
In what application did you get this message? iMovie, the Finder, Disk utility? You an check the drive using Disk Utility. If it finds errors it may be able to repair them.
Are these finished (exported) movies or movie projects within iMovie?
I strongly don't recommend updating to El Capitan at this point - iMovie 8 and 9 don't work properly with it. in contrast 8, 9 and 10 all work fine under Yosemite. I would only update after you have transferred everthing from earlier iMovie versions to iMovie 10 and have verified they are working and you are happy with iMovie 10 (it is very different) and that it works with your camera and doesn't have any missing features you depend on.
Geoff.
thank you again geezD
the report of damaged files was from iMovie 10 on my MacBook Pro running Yosemite.
The external drive contains projects and events that go back to a macbook using SnowLeopard.
As you know ,the drive shows up in the iMovie window. I haven't paid attention to what goes onto it except when importing movies in the past I would put them on this external drive and then I assume anything involved in editing is saved to that drive? That does seem to be the case since I was able to retrieve and play projects and files from my Mavericks iMac using iMovie 9.
The damaged file warning windows only appeared on my MacBook Pro with Yosemite while running iMovie 10.
I was not able to play any of the files from the drive.
I guess the big question is ;
As Apple upgrades it's products will they be able to read files created on older iMovie versions with older OS's?
You have to let iMovie 10 update iMovie 8 and 9 projects and events before you can use them in iMovie 10. Choose File > Update projects and Events. I am not clear whether you have tried this? [See: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mov902ad0c31 for details]
Geoff.
Can I use a thumb drive with iMovie?
