Tristan Paul

Q: Cannot create new trailers and movies on iMovie

My iMovie 10.1.2 on my macbook air 13-inch early 2014 running OS X El Capitan cannot create new trailers and movies. I tried to press File>New Trailer but i cannot press it. I tried to put images on it but it seems it cannot work. Please help!

iMovie 10, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 2, 2016 4:56 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 2, 2016 7:13 AM in response to Tristan Paul
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    Aug 2, 2016 7:13 AM in response to Tristan Paul

    Have you tried to create a new Movie or Trailer from the Projects tav, by clicking the "+" button?  If that does not work either, try, if you can create a new movie, if you are woking from a different iMovie Library.

    You can create an iMovie Library for testing like this:  (iMovie Help)

    Create a new library

    • Choose File > Open Library > New.
    • In the Save dialog that appears, type a name for the new library, and navigate to the location where you want to save it.The default location is the Movies folder in your home folder.
    • Click Save.A new library is created in the location you chose, and a new, empty event with today’s date is created.
  • by kroguk,

    kroguk kroguk Sep 6, 2016 11:33 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 6, 2016 11:33 AM in response to léonie

    Hi there,

    Thanks for the advice.

    This helped for me but of more interest is why I had to do this to get iMovie to work !

    Is it because my original Library is corrupt ?

    I would like to understand the cause of this issue if possible.

    Thanks,

    K.