I'm having trouble adding photos to iMovie '11 (same issue when I was on '09).

Question

I start a new project in iMovie and drag a photo over from my desktop. I see the green line and then drop, the photo does not add.  I tried using the media tables and dragging events, albums, and individual photos, but the same thing happens.  The only thing I can add is video from my events section.  Nothing else sticks.
I did have some issues a few months ago with permissions where I lost all my music in itunes because I deleted a file by mistake.  I have tried a verify/repair permissions update in disk utility.  The iMovie problem still exists.  Open to any suggestions.
Thanks in advance for the help.

Answer 1

Thanks for pointing to that thread wvozzolo. It will be a good idea to set up a new user account and test iMovie when logged into that account. I'm not clear on whether it's best to set up an Administrator account or a Standard account. Perhaps these Apple support articles will help:
Creating a new user account:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8235.html
Mac 101: Mac essentials:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2477
What is a user account?:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15599.html
What is an administrator account?:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8229.html
Have you tried deleting the preference file, as I suggested above? If that doesn't work, and the new user account doesn't do the trick, perhaps there is a conflict with a QuickTime plug-in. Look in the folder MacIntosh HD/Library/QuickTime for 3rd party plug-ins such as Flip4Mac and Perian (there may be others). Update these to the latest versions and check iMovie again. Otherwise, drag the plug-ins out of the QuickTime folder to the Desktop to see if that helps.
John