iMovie just doesn’t want to work with a file stored “in the cloud”. The even worse news: You cannot store the iMovie Library you are currently using on your iCloud drive. While files stored in your iCloud drive can be re-downloaded from the cloud in a worst-case scenario, if your hard drive fails – whether from spontaneous combustion, drowning in spilled coffee, demonic possession, or it just… dies, your work is lost. The bad news: The Movie folder where your iMovie Library is stored is on your Mac’s hard drive, not the iCloud drive. The good news: Because iMovie is saving your work as you go, you are unlikely to loose any work if your computer crashes or you need to force-quit iMovie. Everything you do in iMovie is all there in the iMovie Library, and iMovie opens it automatically.Īnd, again: You can read more about how the iMovie Library works in our article Where Are iMovie Files Stored on Mac Is My Work Saved Even if My Computer Catches Fire? In short, you don’t need to worry about finding your saved work in some arcane location. This file is called the iMovie Library and it is the file iMovie automatically opens every time you start the application.
iMovie saves everything you do – no matter how many different projects (movies) you have every worked on – in a single file. Where Do I Find the Autosaved Files?ĭon’t worry about it. You can read more about how the iMovie Library works in our article Where Are iMovie Files Stored on Mac. Note: iMovie is saving all this work in a file called the iMovie Library. You can leave your project, close iMovie, close the lid on your MacBook, or just let its battery die and the last edit or tweak you made will be saved No matter how you left iMovie, you can just pick up where you left off.
IMovie Automatically Saves Your Project as You WorkĪny changes you make to your iMovie project, including importing new media, making edits in your timeline, or adding & modifying effects are automatically saved as you go.
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