My imovie doesn't work, it's a 3 month old MacBook Pro can anyone help?, my imovie doesn't work, it's a 3 month old MacBook Pro can anyone help?

My imovie isn't working and I have never used it before.. An error code pop's up when i try,tell's me to reopen but the same error code pop's up.. Please Help, Thanks

If iMovie won't start, one thing to try is delete the iMovie Preferences file:
Go to your hard drive Mac HD > Users > (your home folder) > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iMovieApp.plist
Drag that file to the trash, reboot your Macintosh and try to launch iMovie again. Failing that if you can write down the error code and report that back to the Discussion Group someone else might be able to start helping with trouble-shooting the failure.

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    Greetings,
    Thanks to all in advance for your time and help.
    My iMovies doesn't seem to work; when I open it, it appears the normal iMovie window but white, all white, nothing can be seen except for the gray bar on top with the signs Import/Create ecc. All the options available on the gray bar on top of the window don't work, the input doesn't go through. All the options on the top TOP barr (where the battery, time, day, airport is shown) are all grayed out. I can't do anything.
    How can it get worst? It can: now after opening iMovie and trying to do something, without succeeding, I cant even quit the program, not even with force quit. I have to keep the general ON/OFF computer button pressed until everything shuts down. (and this is bad for the computer too). When I turn the computer on again it says: "you turned off the computer because of a problem", I ignore and access my data normally.
    Thank you again for your time.
    Hope to hear from someone soon.
    Regards
    Matt

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    Hi Craig
    May be You find some help in my list:
    Print it out and tic one idea at a time.
    Mac:
    - hardware
    ◊ Slow hard disk (fragmented: repair permissions, repair hard disk, use a faster hard disk)
    ◊ I wonder how full your Mac's hard disc is. (David Babsky) A near full hard disk prevents Import/Capture.
    10% free is recommended + space for Import/Capture + work space (about 4 to
    5 times the amount needed for Capture) eg on a 200Gb hard disk You need 20Gb + (one hour tape)
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    ◊ Disconnect all other ext devices (FW and USB) exept Camera (and keyboard + mouse) and try again
    ◊ Reset PRAM
    ◊ Bad RAM-chips
    ◊ disconnect Mac from powerline (not just switch off, really plug out) for a few minutes to reset FW ports
    - software
    ◊ File-Vault is on - turn it off
    ◊ Something is occupying the CPU/System, like other programs, Internet etc.
    ◊ Do You have desktop pictures or screen or energy-savers active? Try turning them off.
    ◊ Updating - OS has to be a clean install - not an update eg from X.3.x to X.4.x (no good) OS X.4.0-5 needs a clean install to work (I use X.3.9)
    ◊ Updating QT and/or other updates (to 7 needs v6 to be cleaned out first) QT v.7.0.0-4 needs a clean install to work (I use 6.5.2)
    ◊ Have you tried the crazy fix: Open GarageBand, play a few notes, close it and reopen iMovie. The camera should import fine now. Sue/SDillini
    ◊ Running iDVD at the same time as iMovie can cause problems: (Lennart Thelander)
    ◊ If You also have installed FinalCut Express/pro there are possibly problems with this
    ◊ Did You select the right sort of project? DV, DV Widescreen, HDV 1080i , HDV 20p, MPEG-4 or iSight.
    iMovie:
    ◊ remove bookmarks in iMovie project
    ◊ Trash: com.apple.iMovie.plist and com.apple.iMovie3.plist : files (Xinram)
    Connection:
    ◊ don’t Daisy chain Camcorder <--> external hard disk <--> Mac
    ◊ FW-wire cable, is it OK?
    ◊ USB/USB2 is NO GO !
    ◊ Cheque FW connection at Camera end. OK? (Adam Smith1)
    ◊ Cheque FW connection at Mac end. OK?
    Camera:
    ◊ The Camera is set to VTR ? (not as when You ”film” record with it)
    ◊ You may be need to go to the Camera menu and select digital out.
    ◊ defective camera TRY IT ON ANOTHER MAC ! (if the A/D chip in the camera is harmed then it will say in iMovie that the camera is connected and You can forward resp. backward the tape but there will be no picture or sound just the blue screen).
    ◊ connect camera to power-line, not battery-only....(Karsten Schlüter)
    ◊ Canons don't allow daisychaining on firewire, make it "only device" on port (Karsten Schlüter)
    ◊ Cheque the menu on Your Camera so that it communicates with the FW digitally to Your Mac
    ◊ Date and Time is correct on Your Camera ?
    Tape:
    ◊ Drop outs on the miniDV-tape - make a camera to camera copy on a tape which You have previous recorded with a time code (dummy recording).
    ◊ Break in the time-code on the miniDV tape (make a camera to camera copy on a tape which is pre-recorded with nothing/anything so that the tape has a time-code from beginning to the end)
    ◊ If You recorded in LP-mode (90 min on a standard 60 min tape with 12-bit sound). Try to change in iMovie pref. to import but not as individual clips. If this doesn’t work You have to make a Camera to Camera copy with the receiving Camera set to SP-mode and 16-bit sound.
    More:
    ◊ follow advises here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
    ◊ follow Grandmaster Dan's advice for Sony cameras here: http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/usage/5020.shtml
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    I know that in a lot of the new Sony HD cameras, iMovie requires that you turn iLink Conv off. I would look for a similar setting for your camera. This setting has to do with shooting a movie in one format, and using the camera to import as a different format. For instance, if you shoot HD footage and have iLink conv on - the camera will send DV to the computer etc...
    So, case in point: look for a setting on your camera that has to do with the video format and see if that helps.
    I had a similar problem -
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    Try opening a new project. At the filename dialog box, you should see an 'options' button which should allow you to select the appropriate video format depending on your needs. You should be able to choose between DV, DV Widescreen, HDV 1080i and HDV 720i. Choose DV or DV Widescreen if you're about to import from a DV camera. iMovie's default might be HDV.
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  • Burning a slideshow from imovie to idvd doesn't work...Please help

    Hello,
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  • I was using iMovie yesterday and it was working. But today when it started it doesn't show anything in the window on the left. No events, no projects, nothing. It's blank and so is the rest of the screen. Does anyone know what my problem might be?

    I was using iMovie yesterday and it was working perfectly. But today when it started it doesn't show anything in the window on the left. No events, no projects, nothing. It's blank and so is the rest of the screen. Does anyone know what my problem might be?
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  • Whilst working on iMovie my screen has frozen. Cannot use any menus or dock icons. Tried turning off but asks am I sure. If I press shut down button it doesn't respond. Any ideas?

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