How do I move iMovie projects to an external hard drive?
Click your desktop to make sure that you’re in the Finder, then choose Go > Home from the menu bar at the top of your screen. Open the Movies folder, then drag the file named iMovie Library to your external hard drive.
Where are iMovie projects saved?
That is because your project is automatically saved to the computer hard drive as you work. When you are finished working on your iMovie project you can share it to a number of places, including your email, iTunes, and your external device.
Can you save an iMovie project to a flash drive?
To back up your project to a flash or hard drive, drag both your iMovie Library. zip over into the other Finder window (your drive). Dragging and dropping your file will make a copy of it.
How do I Save my iMovie library to an external hard drive?
1. First connect the external hard disk to your computer. 2. Create a new library in your external hard drive. Go to File => Open Library => New. Then, saving the imovie library in your external hard drive.
What happens if I move my iMovie library to iCloud?
Moving your library to an external hard drive doesn’t affect any iMovie Theater content you have moved to iCloud. You can store your library on an external storage device such as a USB Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
How do I open a library file in iMovie?
When the library file is finished copying to your external drive, double-click the library file on the external drive to open it in iMovie. If an alert appears asking you to give iMovie access to a removable volume, click OK.
Where do I find iMovie files on my computer?
Apple documents a means to do this, but without specifying the folder; iMovie files are created in the root of the mounted drive, in a folder called iMovie Events.localized.