CAN I DELETE THE iMOVIE LIBRARY FILE?

Hi,

Assuming that you are using iMovie 10.x.x ( you don't need to delete the iMovie Library folder.

When you delete a project the media in it doesn't get deleted. Rather, the media gets sent to a new event with the same name as the project. In the media browser screen sidebar, you can find the event by clicking on the All Events item. In the All Events folder select the event with your project name on it and delete it (File/Delete Media from Event). That will remove the media from your iMovie library and free up space.

If you do delete your iMovie library that will delete all projects and media in it. You would lose those unless you have a back-up library. If you delete the library, I suggest that you first create a new blank library so that you will have a completely intact iMovie app before you delete the old library. Or, you could store your current library on an external drive formulated for Apple (Max OS extended, journaled).

-- Rich

Glad it worked out for you.

Another thing you might be interested in knowing about: If you launch iMovie while holding down the option key, you will be presented with a box that will let you select what library to open it in, and also will let you create a new library to open in.

If you have shared out your project to File as an Mp4 movie, that movie is self contained and independent of the project and the library. So you can delete the library without affecting the movie. You mentioned M4v but I assume that you meant Mp4 since the latter is what iMovie shares out to.

it wont let me delete any of the files from all events, it just does that weird noise when you can do something ;(

and its taking up 60GB which isnt good for a 120GB MacBook

Can the iMovie Library be deleted if a video file (mov, m4v) of the project was created before the deletion?

Don