I upgraded to Catalina and iMovie 9.0.9 does not work anymore.
However I have on an external drive two folders named iMovie Events and iMovie Projects with all the projects and events that were created using iMove 9.0.9.
My question is: how do I import the contents of those two folders into iMove 10.1.14? I've looked high and low in these discussions but were not able to find an answer.
TIA
You don't need to copy any files anywhere. Your screen shot shows that the files are already in folders named iMovie Events and iMovie Projects. It doesn't matter that they are standard Finder folders. I looked into my iMovie Events and iMovie Projects folders and they look like yours -- no special codes or temp files. The folders did not have any special properties. They do contain rcproject files that yours do not, but that shouldn't make any difference. You may never have had rcproject files anyway.
-- Rich
You don't need to copy any files anywhere. Your screen shot shows that the files are already in folders named iMovie Events and iMovie Projects. It doesn't matter that they are standard Finder folders. I looked into my iMovie Events and iMovie Projects folders and they look like yours -- no special codes or temp files. The folders did not have any special properties. They do contain rcproject files that yours do not, but that shouldn't make any difference. You may never have had rcproject files anyway.
-- Rich
Open iMovie 10 and do a File/Update Projects and Events. That will update your iMovie 9 projects into iMovie 10 as iMovie 10 projects that can be edited. Your projects and events also will still be preserved in iMovie 9 and you can keep iMovie 9 on your Mac along with iMovie 10.
I am not running Catalina, so I am not sure whether its 64bit architecture would prevent the updating, but it's easy to try. If it doesn't work you may need to use your Time Machine backup to revert to your previous operating system to do the iMovie 9 update. Then you can re-upgrade to Catalina if you want.
-- Rich
Rich
Thank you for you thorough reply.
The problem is that the folders that contain the projects and events are normal folders and cannot be found by iMovie.
I don't know why this happened and I don't know how to import the data contained in those folders into iMovie 10.
Would you happen to know how I can do this?
TIA
Daniel
The iMovie Projects and iMovie Events folders must be stored at the root level (i.e, not in any other folder) in order for iMovie to see them. If they are in some other folder, drag them out and put them at the root level. Then do the File/Update Projects and Events procedure from within iMovie.
-- Rich
It's not the files that you are moving to the root level, it is the iMovie Projects folder and the iMovie Event folder that you are moving to the root level. Don't move or disturb the files that are inside. If those folders are located inside some other folder, just drag them out so that they are not in any folder.
-- Rich
Thank you so much for the clear reply!
However, the folders I'm referring to are standard folders and not the ones that usually contain the projects and events in iMovie.
I posted a print of my screen in my first post.
I don't know how to add the content of those folders back into the iMovie project and events folders.
Cheers
Daniel
Rich
Again, thank you for your invaluable reply.
I'm very low tech and don't know to put those files at the root level. Would know how to do it? I'd be most grateful
TIA
Danie
Thanks a million.
I’ll try to make iMovie “see” those folders.
Daniel
How to import old iMovie events and projects into iMovie 10.1.14
