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rexone

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Due to the loss of functionality in iPhoto '11 I have stayed with iPhoto '09. From what I'm reading it sounds like Apple have now given iMovie the cut-back treatment - lots of iOS style eye-candy but reduced functionality.
As I need to remain with the older iPhoto, & by the sounds of it I'll need to stay with iMovie 9.0.9, anyone know if these older versions will still run under Mavericks?
 
I still use iPhoto 09 and installed Mavericks last night. Haven't had time to play around with it but I did open up iPhoto after the update and everything seems to be working fine.
 
I just started using imovie today after a Mavericks update last night, and so far I am seriously disappointed. To me, imovie is a whole new application, not an update by any means. I did CCC my hard drive before the Mavericks update, but I'd rather not jump back 3 OS to SL! Iphoto would not work after the Mavericks update, so I had to update that. So far, so good there. Imovie did not require an update, but I just downloaded all the updates and installed them. Shame on me.

My first impression is that the new imovie is nowhere near as intuitive or functional as the imovie '11 I was running previously. :mad:

*UPDATE*

I just read a few posts about Imovie 9.0.4 remaining in the app folder. I just checked mine and, sure enough, there are two versions of imovie in there. I fired it up and although it took a few minutes to access/organize the movie library again, it still works!

I will keep the new imovie, but definitely will not use it now, at least until I hear of some positive reviews on a functionality update.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't want to update or upgrade, but if it ain't broke - don't fix it. Change for improvement's sake is one thing, but change just to change is something else. I guess that's why I'm only now updating from Snow Leopard. :D
 
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I don't like the new iMovie either. I think I'm going to have to revert back to the older version which imo was way easier to play with.
 
I just started using imovie today after a Mavericks update last night, and so far I am seriously disappointed. To me, imovie is a whole new application, not an update by any means. I did CCC my hard drive before the Mavericks update, but I'd rather not jump back 3 OS to SL! Iphoto would not work after the Mavericks update, so I had to update that. So far, so good there. Imovie did not require an update, but I just downloaded all the updates and installed them. Shame on me.

My first impression is that the new imovie is nowhere near as intuitive or functional as the imovie '11 I was running previously. :mad:

*UPDATE*

I just read a few posts about Imovie 9.0.4 remaining in the app folder. I just checked mine and, sure enough, there are two versions of imovie in there. I fired it up and although it took a few minutes to access/organize the movie library again, it still works!

I will keep the new imovie, but definitely will not use it now, at least until I hear of some positive reviews on a functionality update.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't want to update or upgrade, but if it ain't broke - don't fix it. Change for improvement's sake is one thing, but change just to change is something else. I guess that's why I'm only now updating from Snow Leopard. :D


Thanks for the info about version 9.0.9 remaining! I was panicking because the new version can't seem to access my events and projects on external drives. I hit the Update events/project button but all that happens is my events are listed with no footage.

I like the import and export speed the quality of slow motion has improved and overall I cautiously like the new program. But yes it's a new program not an update
 
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