Use This Trick To Manage Your iMovie Projects

Gary, I think you can stop saying "If you find this video helpful". It's ALWAYS helpful :-) Thanks for sharing with us.

Thank you. The interface in iMovie is anything but intuitive. Apple needs to totally rethink this. It is a nightmare for people just trying to learn and understand the differences between Libraries, Projects, and Movies. It's very convoluted and confusing. Thanks for offering an easier way to operate.

Another spot-on relevant topic for me ... going to clean up my "Library" file right now by moving a couple dozen "projects" to multiple Libraries. Never took the time to understood why Apple chose this organizing scheme, but whatever. After the first minute I started to get antsy, "will he cover how to move existing "projects" to new "library" but sure enough, he did. Another great job, Gary!

Gary! My iMovie Library was 68 GB! Just now I created folders for each project and archived them to an external drive. THANKS SO MUCH!!!

Thank you for this! I have been greatly confused by the iMovie interface for a long time and rarely use it for that reason. I have clips in projects that don't belong there, projects with the wrong names, and several other problems all because I didn't understand the iMovie interface and library structure. It makes so much more sense to me to organize movies as you show in this video. Now I need to start organizing! Thanks again for a great video!

Thank you! I have always found the filing system of iMovie confusing! That’s why I most often use iMovie for IOS on my iPad. But it doesn’t have a lot of the features of the desktop version. Your video gives me a much clearer understanding of libraries and files. 😊

This video has changed my life! Seriously! Thank you! I am not the most organized person on the best of days.... and this totally helps keep me and my projects organized! Thank you!

Gary ... I've struggled with precisely this problem. I have this HUGE library. And I didn't know how to break it up - the way you've shown. 🙇‍♂ You da man!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Revolutionary! Brilliantly explained and a real boon to those of us who can never delete anything! 🎉

Very useful! 1) I always appreciate your explaining the thought process behind “why” you do things a certain way. 2) I’m one of those people who (even if I have enough storage) want to be minimalistic and keep my drive slimmed down.

Although I’m not working on a project at the moment, the large amount of archived video I’ve created earlier this year with my new Mac, for that specific purpose, is precious. It is already in that stage of production whereby the storage scheme you’ve described can be applied with a few library folder filing additions. Planning ahead is often the pitfall of using sophisticated systems, so this is great way to stay smart and avoid storage bloating becoming a drain on resources, and reduces techno-angst.

Useful, what an understatement. This will transform how we use iMovie going forward. Thank you for saving us from massive headaches with our future videos!

Great stuff, I'm using this method now! One minor issue - I don't like having two things with the same name. This is a philosophical decision I made several decades ago as it forces me to think about what the "thing" really is. So I'll have an iMovie Library named "Vacation Summer 2022", then a project named "Short Video for Family" (for example). That allows me to keep those two separate things separate in my mind, and create a second project named "Vacation Giggles", and another named "Baby doing cute things", and another named "Long Video for Nostalgia". All in the Vacation Summer 2022 library.

Thanks, Gary. I enjoy iMovie but you make it actually feasible for amateurs.

Unbelievably helpful! I wish I'd known this about a year before I found it, but by golly I have it now! Thank you. I've also just shared this very video with a new Mac owner/content creator. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!

Super helpful! I've been using iMovie for years, but I haven't dealt with libraries in the way you're suggesting. Great video. My old method of "archiving" was definitely inferior. I'm rethinking it all, starting now.

That, sir, was brilliant. I've been dying for three days looking for storage. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Gary, Thanks again! Another spot on topic and JIT. Going on a Leaf Peeping Trip and wanted to start a video project of the trip. Your organizational skills are amazing.

What a helpful video. Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

Thanks! I’ve been dabbling with iMovie on and off for years and never knew about this. I always just let the library sit in its default location and grow and grow, ultimately becoming a pain for me to deal with. Your video is extremely helpful!