IMovie can't open library

Yet another problem with Yosemite 10.10.1.
A few days ago I created a brand new movie using the brand new iMovie. Today I went to open it and iMovie gives me an "Open Library" dialogue box that asks "Which library would you like to open?" I lists the library that was modified on the day I was making the movie, but when I try to choose the library, it gives me this message:
“__Sync__” couldn’t be removed because you don’t have permission to access it.
To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.
I have tried looking for that file all over the place and can't find it. Anybody have any idea what to do with this?

I don't know if you still need an answer, but what helped me (I had the issue with FCPX though) is simply right-clicking the library, "show package contents" and then manually delete the file infamously known as __Sync__.

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