IMovie 11 stabilization (9.0.1)

The 9.0.1 version of iMovie '11 did not solve the stabilization problem.
iMovie stabilization was working fine in iMovie '9, but it stopped working properly in iMovie '11.
I actually made several tests and I concluded the following: iMovie '11 stabilizes only movies shot at 25fps. 24fps and 30fps are stabilized in a very poor way (especially as movement frequency content grows). If you have the same problem you can just make your own test converting to 25 fps with Mpeg Streamclip before importing.
How is it possible that Apple releases a fix without actually fixing the problem?

I am having issues, my hard drive is completely filled from all the videos I have uploaded from my GoPro to Imovie so I bought a 2TB external hard drive and watched some videos on youtube as to how to format the hard drive properly which Ive done. but when I open Imovie I dont see my hard drive anywhere in Imovie so that I can add my event files and projects to the hard drive. I want to be able to send the videos to the external hard drive and still edit them in imovie if that makes sense and if that is still possible with this updated imovie(the one with the purple icon).
any help is appreciated. Thank you

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