Creating a new folder on external drive

I am struggling trying to figure out how create new event folders in imovie 11 on my external drive where all my events are stored.  No matter what I click the new folder icon is greyed out. Am I doing something wrong?

The New Folder command is used for creating new folders in your Project Library.
When you import video into iMovie, the dialogue box that comes up gives you the opportunity to create a new event and select which drive you wish to save it to.
You can also select and drag clips from one event to another event.
You cannot, however, create folders in the Event Library.
The View menu provides some options on viewing events in the Event Library.
Matt
Message was edited by: Matthew Morgan

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