iMovie project plays only the first picture, but pictures for editing are moving along

I started a project in iMovie, after I get all the pictures in and hit play only the first picture shows, however, the pictures where we can edit are moving along nicely..


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Posted on Feb 27, 2025 3:14 AM

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Posted on Feb 27, 2025 7:23 AM

Hi,

The freezing with an iMovie photo project is a known bug that has been reported numerous times here. It seems to be related to iOS 18.3..


In any case, a successful workaround used by others it is to place a video of any size anywhere in the timeline. That seems to unlock the freeze.


-- Rich

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Feb 27, 2025 7:23 AM in response to AuntDobby

Hi,

The freezing with an iMovie photo project is a known bug that has been reported numerous times here. It seems to be related to iOS 18.3..


In any case, a successful workaround used by others it is to place a video of any size anywhere in the timeline. That seems to unlock the freeze.


-- Rich

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