{"id":82,"date":"2013-04-18T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/saving-imovie-project-to-an-external-hard-drive\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T14:17:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:17:33","slug":"saving-imovie-project-to-an-external-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mtanews\/saving-imovie-project-to-an-external-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving iMovie Project to an External Hard Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before saving your iMovie project, please make sure that your external hard drive is compatible.<\/span> <\/b>Your external hard drive must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). iMovie doesn\u2019t support network-attached storage (mapped network drive or Google Drive) or external flash memory drives. <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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Saving a project to a hard disk:<\/h3>\n

1. First connect the external hard disk to your computer.<\/p>\n

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2. Create a new library in your external hard drive. Go to File => Open Library => New<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Then, saving the imovie library in your external hard drive.<\/p>\n

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3. Select your event and go to\u00a0File => Copy Event to Library =>\u00a0yourlibraryname<\/em>.imovielibrary<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Then, the event will show up in the library you just created. You can delete the default empty event by right click the event and choose “Delete Event”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

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4. Go to Project Library<\/p>\n

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5. Click on the\u00a0\"Screen<\/a>\u00a0next the project you have created. Choose Copy to Library =>\u00a0yourLibraryName<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now, the project and events are all saved into your external hard drive!<\/p>\n

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If you want to open your hard, you can simply click on the imovie library in your external hard drive.<\/p>\n

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or<\/p>\n

1. Open iMovie<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a>2. Go to\u00a0File => Open Library => Other…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3. Choose\u00a0“Locate”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a>4. Choose the imovie library in your external hard drive<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>5. Choose the project want to open<\/p>\n

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And the project and events are here!<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 .<\/p>\n

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\u201cCopy Project\/ or Move project<\/b>\u201d means that project in its new location rather than physically copying project\u2019s video and other media (such as photos) onto the other disk. This will NOT allow you to work on your project from another Mac. It creates only a copy of the project file, no clips, images, etc. that are part of your project. This is not usually useful for protecting\/backing up your work.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCopy Projects and Events\/ or Move Projects and Events\u201d<\/b> means that the source video and other media you added to the project are copied to the new location\/ hard drive. If you select Move, instead of Copy, these files will be deleted from their original location. Moving or Copying Project and Events will allow you to work on your project from another Mac.<\/div>\n
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Note: Move vs. Copy?<\/i><\/div>\n
Copying the file will not delete your projects from original location while moving will delete your projects from original location. <\/i><\/div>\n

Make sure you select Move Projects and Events!<\/b><\/span>
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\n<\/b><\/span>Please remember that computers at MEWS are frozen, which means that they automatically delete any saved files on the computer!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more in depth explanation \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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