Imovie stopped responding?

Question

Hi, can somebody help? I've been using imovie for a while with no issue, then today it suddenly stopped responding, and the small coloured circle keeps spinning. I have 'force quit' several times plus rebooted my mac but it still wont work. Any ideas ? Thanks

Answer 1

No
I mean trash the iMovie pref file - in the Library IN YOUR ACCOUNT folder - not the one on Your Mac hard disk first window.
Easiest way to find out if this is the problem is by
• Creating a New User Account - Apple menu / Down to System prefs / Accounts - Plus sign
• log out and into this new one
Does iMovie work OK now - then the problem most probably is the pref file.
• Delete iMovie pref. file
iMovie pref. file resides.
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences
and is named. (one or more of these)
com.apple.iMovie.plist
com.apple.iMovie3.plist
com.apple.iMovie7.plist
com.apple.iMovie8.plist
com.apple.iMovie9.plist
com.apple.iMovieApp.plist
and find
com.apple.iApps.plist
While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this/these file/s out on to desk-top.
Now restart iMovie.
If You run Mac OS X.7 or more - then the Library in the User-account folder is invisibly and need to be set to be viewable. IT IS NOT in the Library on Root level (when opening MacintoshHD - first window = root level)
( It can be done like this: Open Terminal, then enter: chflags nohidden ~/Library
Press return, then restart, and it will always be visible until the next major update, when you do the same thing again. )
or - do like this.
On the Finder window at the top left of the screen,
Hold down the Option key and clicked on Go.
This allowed You to see the Library folder and select it.
Then keep the Option button pressed down in order to see and select the Library folder.
Once found it, You are able to navigate to the iMovie preferences file and move it to the trash.  iMovie then start’s up fine!
Yours Bengt W