[bigfella]

I'm new to Macs and OS-X and have just started first project in iMovie. Clips imported fine, titles and fade effects all OK, but when I drag a sound effect into one of the empty timelines (doesn't matter if middle or lower), the application unexpectedly quits. Every time. Tried reinstalling iMovie 3.03, same problem.

Can anybody help?

[zigzag]

Don't have an answer offhand - 3.03 is supposed to be fairly stable.

What kind of machine are you on? How much memory? That might make a difference. I know that dragging and dropping in iMovie tends to stress it out - mine sometimes crashes when I try to drag clips on the clip viewer. I've learned the hard way to save often (Applekey-S).

Check the support forums at apple.com

[bigfella]

Originally posted by zigzag:
Don't have an answer offhand - 3.03 is supposed to be fairly stable.

What kind of machine are you on? How much memory? That might make a difference. I know that dragging and dropping in iMovie tends to stress it out - mine sometimes crashes when I try to drag clips on the clip viewer. I've learned the hard way to save often (Applekey-S).

Check the support forums at apple.com

G4 1.42 1024 Ram and 3 Hard drives. Adequate for most tasks I'd have thought!

[zigzag]

Originally posted by bigfella:
G4 1.42 1024 Ram and 3 Hard drives. Adequate for most tasks I'd have thought!

Yeah - I can't imagine your hardware is the problem.

I tried iMovie3 when it was first released and lost an entire week of work. I wrote a scathing letter to Apple, reinstalled iMovie2, and haven't tried iMovie3 since. However, reports seem to indicate that iMovie3.03 is much more stable than 3.0

Good luck - wish I could be more help.

[bigfella]

Can i ask what u would recommend as an alternative?