Question: Which iMovie .plist do you delete?
I'm confused sometimes as to which .plists to delete when iMovie is having problems. I've been noticing as I help people out on the iMovie Discussion group there are a lot of different preferences folders lying around on the Macintosh. For instance:
Example 1: This one is kind of funny because it's two Library folders inside of the Home folder of the user. The path would be like this using the Unix file paths: /Users/Home folder/Library/Library/Preferences. To be honest I didn't find any iMovie .plists in this folder but I did find iPhoto and iDVD.
Example 2: This one is the regular Library that used to be visible in OSes prior to Lion 10.7 but is now hidden away. This is typically where everyone on the iMovie Discussion Group is told to go to delete the com.apple.iMovieApp.plist for problems relating to iMovie '11.
Example 3: This one is in the top level Library folder and it also has a com.apple.iMovieApp.plist contained in it.
Question: Given that there is more than one of these .plist files in more than one spot, should people be deleting more than one .plist file if they are having difficulty with iMovie launching, crashing or unable to operate properly?
Hi elikness,
iMovie should be reading plists from only one directory, the local user library. ~/library/preferences/
Ex1: /Users/Home folder/Library/Library/Preferences/ could have been a result of poor troubleshooting. If you are to move the library folder, it is better to rename it via ROOT and test and then rename it back via ROOT again.
Ex2: is correct ~/library/preferences/
Ex3: I don't have any imovie plists in /Mac HD/library/preferences/. This will have no effect when pulling it.
I hope this helps clarify.
Let me know you if I can provide further assistance.
Calbe
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