How to Get iPhoto Photos That Have Been Moved to an External Hard Drive Into an iMovie Project

External hard drives are devices that let you back up and store data from your computer. It is easy to retrieve and use data stored on external hard drives. If you are working on an iMovie project and need photos from an external drive, in a few steps you can move the pictures into your iMovie project.

Instructions

1

Turn on your computer and connect your external hard drive to it.

2

Locate the photos you need on your external hard drive by opening the "Photo" or "Pictures" section of your stored data then finding the appropriate folder.

3

Open iPhoto on your computer, go to "File," then click "Add to Library." An import dialog window will open. Select the photos you wish to import then click "Import."

4

Open iMovie, then click on "Photos" on the bottom right of the window that appears.

5

Select the folder that contains your photos from the iPhoto scroll-down window, then drag them down to the bottom section of the iMovie window. You can now use them in your project.

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External hard drives are devices that let you back up and store data from your computer. It is easy to retrieve and use data stored on external hard drives. If you are working on an iMovie project and need photos from an external drive, in a few steps you can move the pictures into your iMovie project.

Instructions

1

Turn on your computer and connect your external hard drive to it.

2

Locate the photos you need on your external hard drive by opening the "Photo" or "Pictures" section of your stored data then finding the appropriate folder.

3

Open iPhoto on your computer, go to "File," then click "Add to Library." An import dialog window will open. Select the photos you wish to import then click "Import."

4

Open iMovie, then click on "Photos" on the bottom right of the window that appears.

5

Select the folder that contains your photos from the iPhoto scroll-down window, then drag them down to the bottom section of the iMovie window. You can now use them in your project.

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