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how to recover deleted iMovie project

i attempted to duplicate a project that i have been working on for the past 2 months in imovie yesterday and it deleted the whole project . how do i get the project back ?

MacBook

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 12:46 PM

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Posted on Jul 3, 2020 9:15 PM

Try going to the iMovie Backups folder to see if you can recover your project.


To get to the iMovie Backups folder, follow this file path from the Finder menu:


Go/Home/Library/Containers/com.apple.iMovieApp/Data/Library/Caches/iMovieBackups


When you get there you will see a list of previous backups of your iMovie library.  Click on one dated just before

your issue started.  iMovie will open in that library.   Navigate to your projects browser (where your projects are displayed as icons) and see if your projects are intact.


The above should solve your issue.


-- Rich

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Jul 3, 2020 9:15 PM in response to chase2015amazing

Try going to the iMovie Backups folder to see if you can recover your project.


To get to the iMovie Backups folder, follow this file path from the Finder menu:


Go/Home/Library/Containers/com.apple.iMovieApp/Data/Library/Caches/iMovieBackups


When you get there you will see a list of previous backups of your iMovie library.  Click on one dated just before

your issue started.  iMovie will open in that library.   Navigate to your projects browser (where your projects are displayed as icons) and see if your projects are intact.


The above should solve your issue.


-- Rich

Jul 30, 2020 8:25 AM in response to Rich839

Any luck with this yet? It is puzzling as to why your Mac does not have a Containers folder.


If no success with anything tried so far, control-click on the iMovie library icon in the Movies folder (Go/Home/Movies) and see if your project is listed in the list of projects and events that appear. You can't play the projects there, and you should not move or modify them in any way. Just see if the project is listed.


In the event nothing works, you may need to purchase recovery software and see if you can retrieve the project.


-- Rich

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