Is this program supposed to be this slow?

I've only been using iMovie for two hours now and 3/4's of that time I spent just importing videos, and I've only imported 60 small vids, none of which are really high quality. Even when I try to move a 17-second-long clip into a new folder it takes literally two minutes or longer, and while it's doing that, my MacBook becomes very loud and warm. Is it really going to be this slow?

lisleman wrote:
The v10.9.2 is surprisely large. They should warn the users.
I don't consider 460MB large.
Are you on a slow internet connection? www.speedtest.net
If the servers are under a heavy load this might slow it down.

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