So today I got my first look at iMovie 2013, which is the newest version of iMovie. The problem that arose is that Apple has changed the location of the event folder and the project folder that we all are familiar with.
When helping users with the version of iMovie that we currently have here at the center, we just have them drag both of the folders onto their external hard drive. This allows users to take their files with them without losing any of their work. However, if someone has iMovie 2013 on their computer and would like to transfer their files to another machine/hard drive, the process is different. Apple has compacted all of the files into the "iMovie Library" in the finder, similar to how they have the iTunes library set up. This is to keep people from messing with the folders and screwing up their projects. All of the transferring of files is kept within the iMovie app, rather than going into Finder and moving things around.
After doing a little bit of research we were able to figure out how users can transfer their files on the new version. In iMovie, go to File > Open Library > New. A dialog box will pop up for you to create a new library. Set your new library to be located on your external hard drive. Once the new library is created is should show up in the left side bar list of libraries. From here, all you have to do is drag and drop your event(s) containing your clips and project to your new library. It will now all be on your external hard drive.
For example on the screen shown below, you could drag "Jan 2014" from the "Charities" library into the "Window Cleaner" library.
Hope this helps!
Krystina
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