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iMovie help anyone??
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smilesfromMN
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iMovie help anyone??
I have spent about 4 hours making a wonderful iMovie project of our recent STJ trip. Had the music, photos, videos, transitions, titles, timing, EVERYTHING just right. It was 11 minutes long and fabulous (to me 
), and now it's gone!!!!! I watched it through one last time to make sure it was just right, closed iMovie and went into iDVD to make the DVD and when I went to import the iMovie project it wasn't there!!!! UGHHHH! 
It just appears as a blank folder in iMovie now -with no photos/videos/music in the file. I have searched online all evening and have found what is probably the issue. I named it "March 2009 St. John" and the Apple website does state that if a project name has a period followed by a space the project may be converted to a folder instead and iMovie will be unable to open it!!! Then why does it even let me name it that????? The solution according to Apple: "Don't use periods in your project name." Thanks - that helps a ton now.
There is a random "Project" text file on my hard drive now that I think is related to the iMovie file, but I don't know what to do with it.
Sorry for rambling... does anyone have any experience with this or any advice?
Thanks.
), and now it's gone!!!!! I watched it through one last time to make sure it was just right, closed iMovie and went into iDVD to make the DVD and when I went to import the iMovie project it wasn't there!!!! UGHHHH! It just appears as a blank folder in iMovie now -with no photos/videos/music in the file. I have searched online all evening and have found what is probably the issue. I named it "March 2009 St. John" and the Apple website does state that if a project name has a period followed by a space the project may be converted to a folder instead and iMovie will be unable to open it!!! Then why does it even let me name it that????? The solution according to Apple: "Don't use periods in your project name." Thanks - that helps a ton now.There is a random "Project" text file on my hard drive now that I think is related to the iMovie file, but I don't know what to do with it.
Sorry for rambling... does anyone have any experience with this or any advice?
Thanks.
First of all, sorry that happened. I've never heard of that problem with iMovie, but I'm pretty sure your project is still there, and it'll just be a matter of getting back to where iMovie recognizes it again. I can offer some suggestions, but your best bet may be to talk to someone at the Genius Bar at an Apple Store. Do you have one near you?
In your "Movies > iMovie Projects" folder, are there any files? That's where iMovie saves the project file. It may be just a matter of renaming that file with a more "friendly" name.
In your "Movies > iMovie Projects" folder, are there any files? That's where iMovie saves the project file. It may be just a matter of renaming that file with a more "friendly" name.
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smilesfromMN
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Thanks for the advice to contact Apple directly. As you said, everything was still there but had wrong file extensions. I still need to make some changes that weren't saved, but things will work out okay.
If you are an iMovie user, BEWAR! Never name a movie with a period followed by a space, as in St. John. I guess it is supposed to warn you that those types of project names aren't valid, but the warning doesn't always pop up.
Obviously, I mean Beware, not Bewar!
Thanks for the advice to contact Apple directly. As you said, everything was still there but had wrong file extensions. I still need to make some changes that weren't saved, but things will work out okay.
If you are an iMovie user, BEWAR! Never name a movie with a period followed by a space, as in St. John. I guess it is supposed to warn you that those types of project names aren't valid, but the warning doesn't always pop up.
Obviously, I mean Beware, not Bewar!
Last edited by smilesfromMN on Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Maryanne,
Flip4Mac will allow you to watch .wmv on your Mac. You can download it from Microsoft. It's free!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... nents.mspx
Flip4Mac will allow you to watch .wmv on your Mac. You can download it from Microsoft. It's free!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... nents.mspx
A mind is like a parachute. It only works when it's open.