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Since I haven't received any answer to my topic and since there is at least another iDVD6 user having the same problem I am asking the question again.
After I make a slide show DVD from pictures, burn it and put it away, if later on I try to open it from the computer a window pops up saying "The following files could not be found". The names of the files are something like this:/users/my name/iPhoto library/originals/2007... -> find files. If I say "cancel" iDVD get stuck with the little wheel turning. If I say "find files" since the files missing are not specific I would have to look for thousand of files in order to find the two missing. Nothing has changed in my iPhoto library. I know all original pictures are still there in a dedicated album. Why is this happening? It is a recurrent problem for me.
Thanks for any advice
Frank Secco

the iM projects shown in the media pane of iDVD can not be erased within iDVD...
simply switch to Finder, drag'n drop them into the trash from your "Movies" Folder...

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