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Open an IMovie09 project in iMovie11

I’ve bought a new Imac running Lion and iLife 11 and I wish to bring over some iMovie 09 projects from my old Mac. Can Imovie 11 read the files? I have copied over a file with file type imovieproject but iMovie 11 doesn’t recognise it.
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Zeke Alley

Comments: 5 Responses to “Open an IMovie09 project in iMovie11”

    13 years ago

    Yes, absolutely. You can open iMovie 09 projects in iMovie 11. But you don't "open" projects in iMovie. You need to place the project folder, and any events it uses, in the ~/Movies/iMovie Projects and ~/Movies/iMovie Events folders.

      Jean
      12 years ago

      I put the events in the eventsfolder which imovie 11 shows. Did the same with the project, but imovie 11 does not show the project. Any suggestions?

        12 years ago

        Perhaps you didn't put it in the right spot? Create a new event and then mimic how that new event appears -- where and what the name looks like, etc.

          david
          12 years ago

          great suggestion ..worked! thanks

    Bay
    11 years ago

    Thanks Gary, I was having trouble with this and found your recommendation. This was extremely helpful!

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