Can't drag and drop content either

Also, since we're here... I cannot drag and drop .mp4 files off my desktop into imovie. They just bounce right out. Why?

I cannot drag and drop .mp4 files off my desktop into imovie. They just bounce right out. Why?
Assuming the files are iMovie '08 compatible, you are probably trying to drop them to the wrong area. At the Finder level, video files cannot be dropped directly to "Event" windows. Instead, they myst be dropped to the name of the "Event" that is listed in the Event Library List. This is likely the result of the convention developed to move clips between events. Since you can only have one "Event" window open in iMovie '08 if you want to "drag 'n drop" a clip from one Event to another, and that open file must be the "source Event" window, then you cannot have a "destination Event" window open at the same time. So it is probable that someone came up with the idea of using the target Event name in the Event Library List as the "target drop zone" for such moves and extended this use for the dropping of files from the Finder.

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I can still drag and drop a SINGLE photo effectively and it saves in the edited form. I also tried selecting the desired photos, chosing copy and then paste in the desired location in finder. But when I chose 'paste' (right click, paste; or edit, paste) in the desired location, it only pastes a limited selection of the photos which I chose to copy. Not all the photos copy across.
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Thanks LarryHN thats helpful. I've just tried that and the export 'current' option does indeed re-create the edited photo file with exactly the same file size at that shown in iPhoto. I did consider the 'current' option but was put off by the loss of the metadata with this option. But maybe the old drag and drop approach was the same?
It's curious that the resulting file size from 'export, current' is different (larger in the example I just tried) in comparison to that resulting from 'export, jpeg' (with either the medium or high option selected).
OK there seems to be a couple of reasonable options available although neither is as nice as the simple 'drag and drop' which used to be available!!! Why would they remove that option?? (and yet not for single files?).
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Steven:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. In case there is an access problem with some of those files try the following: download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field. See if that will help.
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