I made a movie on iMovie and wanted to put it on facebook, so without thinking I dragged it to the desktop to make it easier to find. I forgot to export it and didn't make a copy, and now it won't open and it no longer appears in the iMovie list of projects. Is there a way that I can convert the file back to one that can be opened in iMovie? I worked hard on this video and don't want to have to remake it. I have the footage if it comes to that, but since I've already done it, I'd rather not. Thanks!
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iMovie file type problems
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Do I understand you correctly, that by opening iMovie and your project, the actual edit (sequence) is gone now?
What kind of file is that file on the Desktop? Press CMD+I to find out more and maybe take a screenshot.
Taking screenshots in Mac OS X.
What kind of file is that file on the Desktop? Press CMD+I to find out more and maybe take a screenshot.
Taking screenshots in Mac OS X.
Yes. When I double click the file on the desktop to open it, iMovie opens, but the movie does not appear. Or, when I open iMovie, the movie does not appear with the rest of my movies in the project library. When I got info on the file from the desktop, the extension was .rcproject. Thank you.
So you have moved the actual project file (.rcproject) file from the original folder to the Desktop, or is the original project still at Macintosh HD / Users / YOU / Movies?
Does that help?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1645713
Does that help?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1645713