iMovie quits when importing any media

I am running iMovie 10.1.5 on a 2012 mac mini (mojave). When I try to import media (.mov, .mp4) or .jpg iMovie quits (as opposed to crashes). Tried deleting preferences, restarting, new library all to no avail.

Posted on Aug 22, 2021 09:31 PM

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Rich839

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Posted on Aug 22, 2021 10:40 PM

Update iMovie to a more current version, like 10.1.12 or 10.1.14.

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Rich839

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Aug 22, 2021 10:40 PM in response to James Snelling

Update iMovie to a more current version, like 10.1.12 or 10.1.14.

— Rich

Aug 22, 2021 11:39 PM in response to Rich839

Rich you were spot on,thanks so much. And thank you for your othe3r post about how to find the update easily

james

Aug 23, 2021 12:56 AM in response to James Snelling

Have you tried restarting the Mac?

Rich839

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Aug 23, 2021 07:32 PM in response to James Snelling

You are welcome. 😊

Rich

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