IMovie projects from previous mac

I have just upgraded my computer to a new imac - congratulations I hear you all cry!!
I have a folder with all my movies/iMovie projects/iMovie events and what I thought was all the work from iMovie stored safely on an external disk.
My problem is that when I search for the iMovie project folder - they are all there but greyed out -
I cant seem to open them in iMovie now.
Have I missed something here - in iMovie!!
Any ideas please....

Your external disk needs to be formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled) for iMovie to see it. It may be that your's is formatted as FAT32. If so, you might try dragging *using the Finder) the iMovie Projects folder contents to the iMovie Projects folder on your new Mac's internal drive. Do the same for the iMovie Events folder.

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What is the easiest way to transfer an faairly large HD imovie project from one computer to another in a different location. Can you export to drop box? Will the other computer need the exact imovie version?

OK it depends.
If you have a finished movie, you can SHARE/EXPORT MOVIE and create your final movie. Then, depending on the size of the finished movie, you can transfer via dropbox or similar service. Ninety minutes is a very long movie for iMovie, but it may work for you. I would suggest 720P to keep the size down.
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4141

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