A question mark (?) instead of a icon for imovie

I have tired to use imovie, but my icon in the dock is a question mark. I have hooked up the USB cable and got nothing, like it did not even exist. I bought this computer new a few years ago, and I think I am out of applecare. This is supposed to be simple, but it is not working out that way. Where do I start with this thing?

The symbol in your Dock is just an alias.
iMovie should be in your "Applications" folder.
Remove the questions mark from the Dock and drag iMovie to the Dock.
Also iMovie requires Firewire, not USB. Firewire is also called i.Link and IEEE1394.

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