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iMovie ’11: Stuck on “Updating Aperture Videos Event”; Fix

By SK 15 comments Last updated October 25, 2010

Some users have reported an issue in which iMovie ’11 displays the message “Updating Aperture Videos Event (Scanning for new videos in your Aperture library…)” indefinitely upon first launch. This problem appears to occur only in the presence of some Aperture libraries.

Fix

  1. Locate your Aperture library, which is normally located in the ~/Pictures folder (the tilde [~] represents your home user folder).
  2. Right-click or control-click your Aperture library and click “Show Package Contents”
  3. Delete the files “iMovie-Thumbnails” and “iLifeShared”
  4. Reattempt starting iMovie ’11
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Obsessed with tech since the early arrival of A/UX on Apple, Sudz (SK) is responsible for the original editorial direction of AppleToolBox. He is based out of Los Angeles, CA.

Sudz specializes in covering all things macOS, having reviewed dozens of OS X and macOS developments over the years.

In a former life, Sudz worked helping Fortune 100 companies with their technology and business transformation aspirations.

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  1. Mikael says

    January 26, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    I ran into the same problem when starting iMovie 11 for the first time since I migrated to Aperture 3.1 from iPhoto. The removal of “iMovie-Thumbnails” and “iLifeShared” did not solve the issue.

    Instead, I found a solution in the Aperture Preferences. Go to Preferences ->Previews and set “Share previews with iLife and iWork” to “Never”.

    After that, iMove launches without problems.

    Reply
  2. Philip Caballero - Take 2 says

    January 6, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Fixed it!

    I applied the same method above for Aperture to iPhoto.

    I opened the iPhoto Library package and removed the iLifeShared folder (not file in this instance) by dragging it out onto the desktop (incase I need to put it back). There isn’t an iMove-Thumbnails file in iPhoto. However, there is a Thumbnails Folder with 282.5 MB of files in sub-folders from 2001 to 2011. I left that alone.

    Re-launched iMove ’11 and problem gone.
    iWeb and iDVD also launch properly.

    Now, in the iLifeShared folder there is an AlbumData2.xml file. Should I trash it and put back the empty iLifeshared folder? Or, will iMovie generate a new one when I use the Media browser?

    Thanks for the lead to a solution.

    Reply
  3. Helen Madorma says

    December 20, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    I am having the same problem, except it is looking for videos in iPhoto library. Do you know what files to delete for that???

    Reply
  4. Broders says

    November 26, 2010 at 3:06 AM

    Many thanks, working fine now. Why is this not on the apple site.

    You are a star.

    Reply
  5. Deanaero says

    November 21, 2010 at 7:25 AM

    Worked an absolute treat! Thank you!

    Reply
  6. Giovanni says

    November 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    Thank you!!!! I’ve lost 15 days for nothing… Thanks for the internet and your answer 😛

    Reply
  7. hb says

    November 15, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    I have the solution!!! empty the cache in the library on mac harddisk and on you user account. Afterwards everything is fine! Thanks to the mac user support!!!

    Reply
  8. yes it works but says

    November 15, 2010 at 3:38 AM

    well it works, but only for a while. I deleted the files as you said, than recreated thumbnails using imovie. the next day want to import new video and it starts again! damn thing! but deleted again, recreation takes only 8 minutes and doesn’t hung up! we need update!!

    Reply
  9. Mark Webster says

    November 13, 2010 at 2:19 AM

    Worked fine … until next time I booted iMovie.
    Do I have to delete those files every time?
    I have rebuilt the Aperture library and repaired permissions – did nothing, iMovie reverts to updating Aperture Library every time at the next boot.

    Reply
  10. Shaun says

    November 12, 2010 at 6:22 AM

    Worked, thanks so much 🙂

    Reply
  11. Micha says

    November 10, 2010 at 5:23 PM

    Thanx a lot, your solution works fine.

    Reply
  12. MacDefender says

    November 7, 2010 at 12:32 AM

    Still can’t use my Aperture library in iMovie ’11. Everytime I try to open the Aperture lib in iMovie it spinns the wheel about 2 minutes and than crashes (100% reproduceable). Already tried all the tricks like deleting the caches and the iLifeShared folder etc.

    And I have to complete a project in a week. Apple please FIX THIS!

    Reply
  13. Na says

    November 6, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    Awesome, I don’t have to reinstall the damn package. Thank goodness for the internet and your answer.

    Reply
  14. Marie says

    October 31, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    You are a freakin’ genius. This issue has been plaguing me for days!

    Reply
  15. linda says

    October 27, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    Thank you! I had the same problem. Every time i opened imovie 11 it would hang on ‘updating aperture library’. Removed the files en problem solved!

    Reply

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