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Make sure you are on the latest Tiger 10.4.6 iMovie 6.0.1. iMovieversion 3 or 4 is not recommended.

If still running Panther make sure you have the latest version 10.3.9

Updating is recommended for all users. Use the Software Update application or download from here.

Apple added a new iMovie HD forum to deal with new and upcoming issues.

Fixed Problems and Known Issues:

Since Matti Haveri is doing a MUCH better job at tracking the Fixes, specific Problems, and work-arounds I highly suggest you visit his site.

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Notes and Hints:

• Make sure and run a Disk Check

  1. Open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/)
  2. Select the Mac OS X startup disk in the left-hand column
  3. Click the First Aid tab
  4. Click Repair Disk Permissions
     
  5. Running a repair disk is a good idea too!
     
• Clearing out your caches has helped many and you will gain disk space back too.  Click here to download Cache Out X. Make sure to use the system clean! It looks like this:
• Users are reporting a speed increase, fix a number of problems, including launching and even importing by closing all apps and deleting all iMovie plist files in Home/Library/Preferences.  The files are com.apple.iMovie.plist and com.apple.iMovie3.plist. also iMovie Preferences if in existence.
• Still have speed and reliability problems?  Remove all your plug-ins, even the old Apple supplied ones, and run iMovie without them to see if it makes a difference.  Also check in with the vendors to see if they have updated their plug-ins to take advantage of iMovie.
• Extracting the audio out of the tracks and locking the audio to the video has solved some folks issues with audio out of sync and there are more solutions here.
• Your system HAD BETTER be correctly configured and working properly. Some Tips:
  1. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities)
  2. Type: sudo sh /etc/daily
  3. Press Return
  4. Enter your Admin password when prompted, then press Return
  5. Quit Terminal when the task is complete

IF ALL ELSE FAILS and iMovie is still launching slow

Update Your Prebindings by:

1. Open up Terminal (Applications/Utilities)
2. Type: sudo update_prebinding -root /
3. Press return
4. Enter your Admin password when prompted, then press Return. Wait... (you will see text-galore scroll by for about 10-20 minutes)
5. Quit Terminal when the task is complete.

Please be sure and GIVE APPLE LOTS of feedback.

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