I was shocked to find out that 200 GB was being used up by my iMovie library and I thought that it was just some of my movies I had created so I deleted it and now I can’t make any more videos. What do I do?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0
Hi,
When you reopen iMovie it should open in a new blank library. If not, reopen as you hold down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. That will cause iMovie tol open in a new blank library. Neither procedure will recover the data that you deleted.
Most people that work a lot with videos keep their iMovie libraries on a separate external drive to avoid the space problem.
-- Rich
Hi,
When you reopen iMovie it should open in a new blank library. If not, reopen as you hold down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. That will cause iMovie tol open in a new blank library. Neither procedure will recover the data that you deleted.
Most people that work a lot with videos keep their iMovie libraries on a separate external drive to avoid the space problem.
-- Rich
Hi,
When you reopen iMovie it should open in a new blank library. If not, reopen iMovie as you hold down the Option and Command keys, and then select to delete preferences in he box that appears. iMovie will open in a new blank library. Neither procedure will recover the data that you deleted. However, you will be able to make videos.
Most people who work a lot with movies store their iMovie libraries on an external drive to avoid consuming storage space on the internal drive.
-- Rich.
Sorry for all the repeat posts. The app was acting goofy.
— Rich
Wha do I do when I delete the whole iMovie library
