Why do titles in iMovie change from English to another language or symbols?

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gri782ELmn Author

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Why do titles in iMovie change from English to another language or symbols?

Why do the titles in iMovie change from English to another language or symbols?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Posted on Dec 15, 2017 2:14 PM

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Answer 1

Rich839

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Dec 15, 2017 9:03 PM in response to gri782ELmn

If you are in iMovie 10.x.x try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys, and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears.

You also could try doing an Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy of all the media in your project and then Edit/Paste it into a newly created project. See if the issue replicates there.

-- Rich

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gri782ELmn Author

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Dec 15, 2017 9:04 PM in response to Klaus1

Version 10.1.8, I was so frustrated between trying different methods of correcting, redoing the titles, having them appear corrected, then reverting to gibberish again that I shut down and left it. When I started back up, it was corrected. I'm sorry I didn't think to try that as my fix in the first place. Thank you for your response. I appreciate your time.

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gri782ELmn Author

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Dec 15, 2017 9:06 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I was so frustrated between trying different methods of correcting, redoing the titles, having them appear corrected, then reverting to gibberish again that I shut down and left it. When I started back up, it was corrected. I'm guessing there was a corruption problem, perhaps from importing media? I'm sorry I didn't think to try that as my fix in the first place. Thank you for your response. I appreciate your time.

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Klaus1

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Dec 15, 2017 3:41 PM in response to gri782ELmn

In what version of iMovie do you see this?

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Tom Gewecke

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Dec 15, 2017 4:23 PM in response to gri782ELmn

Use the camera icon to post a screenshot of what you are seeing so we can know what you are talking about exactly.

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gri782ELmn Author

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Dec 15, 2017 9:10 PM in response to Rich839

Thanks for your suggestions Rich. I'm a little embarrassed to confess that after shutting down, and restarting, the problem was resolved. I should have tried before throwing in the towel.

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Answer 7

Rich839

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Dec 15, 2017 10:58 PM in response to gri782ELmn

Sometimes the simple restart works the best. Glad you got it working again.

-- Rich

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