IMovie crashes after up date

Question

After up dating IMovie now it crashes all most as soon as it starts.

Answer 1

With iMovie closed, trash iMovie's preference file. Note that, when next opened, iMovie will create a fresh file with the default settings. You can change these if desired (in iMovie's menu select iMovie>Preferences and make your changes under each of the tabs).
The preference file is located in your User (Home) folder Library/Preferences. It is named "com.apple.iMoveApp.plist". In Lion, to access your User/Library folder, hold down the Option key and click on Go in the Finder menu. The Library folder will appear in the drop down list. Lion has hidden the Home Library folder, but in earlier versions of Mac OS X it was available like all other folders.
Dragging the preference file to the Trash will not harm your Events or Projects, but may fix the problem of iMovie crashing at start-up. After installing the 9.0.6 update iMovie worked fine for me, with no need to trash the preference file.
TIP: Don't empty the Trash until you are satisfied that iMovie has started up correctly, and is working OK, after deleting the preference file. If iMovie still does not start up, drag the preference file back to its original location in the User/Library/Preferences folder.
John
Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added TIP.