Imovie hang up on start

I recently uprgraded to maverick (big mistake) and now two externatl hard drives aren't recognized. Today I tried to open imovie and the computer hung up. This is the second hangup I've had since installing Maverick. I never had any hangup in the three prior years with my imac. Any suggestions on fixing imovie would be appreciated.

Thanks for the replies but I have finally worked it out and found the problem.
I had previous had a USB disk connected as a network file share (NAS) device on my wireless router but removed the disk it as never worked very well. I had defined a mount point which I'd forgotten about as it wasn't showing up in Finder. The mount wasn't an issue until I changed my wireless router last week which had a different IP address. I guess iMovie was timing out / hanging waiting for the mount point ; must be unique behavour to iMovie as the iLife products (iPhoto, iDVD, etc), iTunes, etc were all working OK.
Anyway using the Directory Utility (found in System Perferences > User & Groups > Login Options > Network Account Server > Open Directory Utility), I removed the Mount point record (needs a reboot to fully remove) and iMovie back to normal. If anyone is interested there's more info on network shares here http://images.apple.com/business/docs/Autofs.pdf

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http://osdir.com/ml/kde-bugs-dist/2009-08/msg15089.html
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Last edited by zsurnz (2009-09-06 15:15:50)

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(I deleted the file "3ivxVideoCodec.component" located in Mac HD/Library/Quicktime and this resolved my issue.)
buenrodri wrote
I solved the problem by removing the file: 3ivxVideoCodec.component. after that, up-dated iMovie runs ok.
Last resort: Trash all of iMovie and re-install it
Yours Bengt W

IMovie Hangs For 50 Seconds When I Open It

I use iMovie '11 (9.0.8). For some reason, when I first open it, it hangs for about 50 seconds, displaying the spinning pinwheel cursor. I can't skim over clips while it's hanging, I can't start editing a project. I can't do anything.
Does anyone know why this might be happening? How can I fix it?

It appears the behavior is caused by iCloud pushing the information, to include the password, to Mail.
If I delete my iCloud account password and save the changes, the password reappears without me typing it in.
If I go to System Preferences/iCloud and uncheck the sync Mail box, my iCloud account in Mail disappears. When I recheck the sync Mail box, the account reappears, complete with password.
Based on my testing, you are stuck with things the way they are.
If you want to provide feedback to Apple, you can do that in Mail under the Mail menu.

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