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Photos Library incomplete in iMovie

There are a bunch of Videos and a couple of Albums that don't show in iMovie that are there in Photos. I have to drag the Album to the Desktop and then import then from the Desktop into iMovie.

I've deleted Preferences in both Apps, [Control + Command click open] restarted the MacBook Pro (2015 11.2.3) access to the Photos Library is still limited.


Hints?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 31, 2021 5:44 PM

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Posted on Apr 1, 2021 8:51 AM

Is it possible that you are using iCloud Photos and have Optimized Storage selected? If so, some of the non-displaying videos may be in the cloud and thus not displayed via the iMovie Photos sidebar item.


-- Rich

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