IMovie Missing Source Media - Is there a batch reconnect?

In the middle of an iMovie Project I purchased a new mac and swapped out the drives now iMovie can't find any of the media for any of my 100s of projects. Is there a way to simply point to the new drive with all the media or will I have to reimport all the clips all over again?
I know Final Cut has a way to re-connect media by just pointing to the folder and it does the rest for you...
Any recommendations very appreciated.
Thx
A
A.

Good post.
A minor point, though, is that it is not usually necessary to trash the Thumbnail Cache Data Files. Just the cache.
However, if the problem keeps coming back, one or more of the data files could be corrupt. Note that when you trash the data files, any clips for which you have changed the poster frame (the frame that displays as the thumbnail image) will lose that info and will have to be reset. I think that's correct.

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