Can't Save iMovie 09 Video Project

I tried importing clips from my new Canon Vixia RF-H10 camcorder into iMovie 09. No problem. I created a new video project and dragged clips from events, trimmed clips, added titles and transitions. Smooth as silk. I tried publishing the video project to Media Browser. Done and done. But when I quit iMovie 09 and re-open my video project (which is listed in my "Movies" folder and appears in the Project list in iMovie), my edited clips, titles, and transitions aren't there! I need to begin all over again! What am I doing wrong? (I can't find any "Save" command).

Hi Richard,
There is no Save command in iMovie '09 - it's supposed to save automatically. However, there have been other reports on the forum about projects not being saved. This happened to me once, but had only a minor impact on my work, thankfully. There must be a particular set of circumstances that sometimes causes iMovie not to save.
Probably all I can offer is to delete (trash) iMovie's preference file. It's found in your user Home>Library>Preferences folder and is named "com.apple.iMovie8.plist". Close iMovie before doing this. When next opened, iMovie will create a new file with the default settings. You may need to change some settings to suit your own preference. Trashing the file will not damage your Projects or Events but may fix iMovie's odd behaviour.
John

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