Recover iMovie Project From File
A student accidentally deleted an iMovie project from the Projects tab in iMovie, and immediately brought it to me. It was not in the trash. The footage is still available in event. When I went to the iMovie Library to Show Package Contents, I found the project folder with all the footage and a file called something like CurrentVersion.imovieevent. How do I get iMovie to recognize the project again? It doesn't show up in the Projects tab anymore even though the files are there. I can't find any files in working projects that are absent in the project in question.
I've tried copying the folder to a different location and then copying back into the library and that didn't work. I tried creating a new library with the folder but when I opened the library nothing happened. There's an option in the File dropdown for "Update Projects and Events" which tells me iMovie didn't find anything to be updated.
I have what I believe is the file we need, but I can't find any information on how to put that back into iMovie.
MacBook Air (2018 – 2020)