IMOVIE Can't delete project - video can't be moved to trash, error message? How to fix!

IMOVIE FIX! CANT DELETE PROJECT VIDEO CANT BE MOVED TO TRASH ERROR MESSAGE



Hello I'm gonna take you through a problem that I've had in iMovie and I've only just worked out how to fix it.

So I've got iMovie open -- these are all my projects here - and these ones I just can't delete them.
So if I click on day 30 the way to delete the day 30 project, look if I open it, it's all in there.
If I go back to "Projects" - go down to day 30 - if you hover your mouse next to the title you see the three dots - you click on that and it brings up a little menu for you

And when you go down to "Delete Project" it asks "Are you sure you want to delete this project? All media files in this project will be copied into your library in an event named day 30"

That's great so I click continue and then you get this error message which is the file name "couldn't be moved to the trash because you don't have permission to access it."

Now all of my files I've shot myself - these files just happen to be from a dashcam camera in our car.

I couldn't work out how to get to the file to delete it so that I could delete the project and free up the memory space and my iMovie started taking up like 60 gigabytes of just storage that I couldn't budge.

I've just worked out how to do it - so if you've had the same problem as me here's how you clear it.
Oh hello, I'm Neil by the way - I'm in the garden today. I don't know why it's the hottest day of the year and probably the worst place to be doing this.
I couldn't be indoors.

Here's how you can find the file that refuses to be deleted - so that you can free the project up and delete the project and delete the event, and forget the whole thing ever happened!

If you go to the desktop click on the Macintosh HD so we're in finder and I've got 4 choices:
You go for-- this is the way I did it - click on users and open that up and you'll see among all the folders there: applications, desktop, documents...
there's one labeled "Movies".

If you open that up by clicking on the triangle you've got the iMovie library and the iMovie theater.
Now the problem with this is if you double-click on iMovie library it brings up iMovie.
We don't want that so let's go back to the finder.

What you want to do is on iMovie library right click on it.
It brings up this menu and we want to go down to "Show Package Contents" so that it's going to show what's what's there instead of actually opening it up.

And look the folder that I want to delete with the project I want to delete it's called day 30.

So if I find day 30 there it is - among all the projects that it's remembered - some of my greatest hits now available on YouTube!

And if you click on the triangle of day 30 that'll bring up some more folders - analysis files there's the the name of the project again - but there's also this folder here called "original media".

So if you click on the triangle there it actually opens up the folder that has all of the copies of the files that you actually want to delete.
iMovie takes its own copy - it can as you can see from the size of the files there - it can take up a lot of memory.
What we want to do now - right click on the file that you can't delete.

So I know all my dashcam videos are here.
Right click on it and then go down to the "get info" there it is - it's locked.
There's a little check box little tick next to the word: "Locked" and what we want to do obviously is unlock it so untick that box and close it.

And I'm gonna have to now do that for every single one of these files.
"Get info". "Locked".
It's a good way to show you how to do this.

There we go so I've gone through all of the files that are likely to have this locked problem now just to show you that it works you go back to iMovie.

So we've gone back to the day 30.

If I click on the three dots again and then hover "delete project"
- "Are you sure you want to delete this project?" Yes, continue.
It's gone! Yes! We win!

The way to now free up the memory do it the usual way - I'll click on "media" and you can see now there's a new folder underneath iMovie library on the left hand side here and there's day 30. So I click on that.

Now if I right-click on day 30 I can go down to "delete event".
"Are you sure you want to delete the selected event?" Continue.
Boom.

It's gone - and that has now freed up that memory, those gigabytes, for you to use for something else.

I hope this video has helped if you have a better way of doing this please leave me a comment in the comments below - if you have any questions again leave a comment I'm sure someone out there will be able to help you free up memory from your MacBook Pro in iMovie and delete those projects and files that seem locked and won't let you delete the events.



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It's day 13 of the Tightwad Dad vlog hello
it's where I try to record everything that we spend and I try to record how much joy each spending gives us
I don't think we're gonna spend that much today.
No.
You know one thing I've spent on already - that's martial arts belt gradings - so fingers crossed next week we might grade as orange belt senior
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It's the new road - it's a - dirt
I've got to remember - the German supermarket...
Dirt... honey, ketchup... and prawn crackers.
Can you help me remember that?
Chinese crackers...
Prawn crackers.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
So it's four o'clock and we managed to go through a whole day without spending anything
But now it's our daily trek to the local German chain supermarket,
Prawn crackers - I've forgotten - dirt -
honey and ketchup
prawn crackers
dirt
honey and... what's that?
That's the one - honey and ketchup
Don't let me forget.
Wha'?
I keep wanting to say honey and mustard
ketchup
sweet and sour?
Where do fairies come from?
I've seen them they're here they're here
Can you reach them?
Top shelf - no next one along!
Prawn crackers!
Dirt...
honey...
and ketchup!
And nothing else!
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
Ahhh summer.
Punchbag swaying in the breeze.
Stinky paddling pool that's deflated halfway
The garage cluttered
With stuff.
The grass needs cutting.
Oh the grass needs cutting.
The sun's gone in.
It's cold.
So we did it
We only spent on one thing
I guess the goal of this vlog is to capture one day just one day where we don't spend on anything at all
I know that day will come - so thanks for joining me on this journey - if you've reached this point in the video it'd be great to know somebody got to this point why not leave me a thumbs up?
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It's day 11 of the Tightwad Dad vlog
I'm Neil hello - this is - it's an experiment where every day I'm trying to capture everything we spend, so all of our spending I'm trying to record here on vid--
[Music]
It's three o'clock
The day's gone quite well so far we've only spent on one thing - I've not checked our direct debits
But I think the only one thing we spent on is - is my usual trip to our local nearest
German chain supermarket chain supermarket branch
We popped in and got some bread and the trouble with buying bread there is that obviously you start to buy other things as well and here are the kids!
Hey! So I've made you just appear.
Now because I haven't spent much money today I think this video's gonna be really
short.
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[singing]
Dad, I'm on radio.
Okay well I'm recording.
It's on radio.
Is it day ten?
Yeah it's day 10 - do you think I should stop doing this?
Erm yeah cuz I think like you wanted to stop. And I think also that day 10 is a good place to stop.
So this is day 10 of the tightwad dad vlog - every day - I've been recording what we've been spending - trying to video what we've been spending
Trying to video what we've been spending!
I'll show you where the dead deer is.
We didn't show it last time.
Where's the dead deer?
It's somewhere up here.
You know what?
What.
I actually think we should carry on going.
Do you? What to 11?
Awww they removed the dead deer!
13.
Alright, well how about this - what if I edit these 10, and we'll keep shooting yeah?
They removed the dead deer!
Oh, no, isn't it further up? The dead deer?
Yeah you said there was a dead deer over there.
It's up the hill, I think.
Dad are we going to be late?
Yes. No. It's 8:40.
Okay!
The bell rings--
We've got like 5 minutes.
Hiya thanks! How are you?
Fine - are you all done in Manchester?
Yeah.
[Music]
[Music]
That was a time-lapse.
I don't drive like that.
[Music]
I am so addicted to frozen squid wings - frozen squid rings - thing is I've got to use the extractor fan.
The smell doesn't go down too well with the family.
[Music]
I'm videoing this so that when we run out I'll be able to watch it back.
Joy 11.
Okay it's 6:15 and we have spent something
My long-suffering wife has treated herself to a much-deserved coffee with a friend
I think it's a chocktastic.
So that's a wifey coffee - a wifey chocky coffee and that it's a joy out of 11 obviously because she probably needs all the chocolate she can get, living with me.
Just starting to edit all of the last 10 videos and I've got days worth of footage to go through!
I don't think I'm going to do this.
If you can see this video now, I would be very surprised.
Talking of chocolate I'm just going to get this for my long-suffering wife.
Chocolates!
I think I'm gonna ask her to do something horrible.
Ear drops.
It says on the box to do it three to four days and I've been doing this for about a month?
Agggh.
What does it feel like?
It's like having a big wet finger in your ear.
Ha a wetwillie!
It's fizzing.
OW! That really hurts!
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Yeah.
[DOOR SLAM]
[Music]
In these videos, I share everything that we're spending every day online, ooh look old car.
And do you think - cuz you think I should do this for ten days don't you?
Yeah.
Do you think we're gonna spend much today?
What time is it?
[Music]
It's the first day back at home working for myself after five weeks of working somewhere else for someone else.
I think I'll start like I usually start which is dumping out everything in my head for half an hour
[Music]
So this could... these aren't even plugged in.
So now it's two o'clock and for some reason we have not spent anything today
which is good and-- I don't know maybe... because I've only got one more day of recording these and sharing them on video, maybe doing that is somehow stopping us from spending?
Maybe it's having an effect on what we're doing?
I haven't even looked at our direct debits yet so that could all go horribly wrong but maybe I should keep going with this?
So we're on our way to football now.
hey I nice only spent on bread today!
[Music]
[Music]
I like it when we're late for something, because the other person always grips the handle.
[Music]
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[Music]
Hello I'm Neil welcome back to the Tightwad Dad blog - it's day 8
So we're back on another Monday - it's Bank Holiday Monday we're in a forest in the middle of nowhere - so obviously the first spend is on parking charges.
[MUSIC]
So I'm into a second week where I try to record everything that my family spends here on video - and it's difficult but I think today's gonna be a nice light one
The only other thing we've spent on is back in the German chain supermarket, I've got a loaf of bread.
[Music]
And do you think we'll spend on anything else today - this could be a very short vlog.
Yes! Because it's Bank Holiday.
Let's see, apple, carrots or... fries.
Water?
I know, we are all living our lives all wrong.
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Okay this is it.
This is day 7 of the Tightwad Dad vlog experiment to record all of our spending -
Which is quite boring.
Which is very boring.
What I've tried making it more exciting with electronic music
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC]
But yeah it's really boring so that's why I'm stopping it I think
And cuz I hate having to film it
Can you stop at 10?
At ten? Well I was gonna stop at 7.
Alright we'll see if this is the last time that I record what we're spending
[Music]
I think I've got a problem because I haven't actually recorded anything that we've spent that we can't see.
Like direct debits mobile phone gas electricity
Maybe I put some of those in today's video
[music]
I think we spend most of our money in the German chain supermarket and finally after a week away from it I get to visit it one last time for the vlog.
I won't take the camera in because it's too embarrassing
And if I film the outside of it - that's like advertising it
Yeah so like they might pay us
They might pay us?
Yeah let's like advertise L---
Oh we've given enough money to them - let's give them some airtime as well on our YouTube channel
[MUSIC]
Ah that pizza. They've just put two things together that are good.
Kebab and Pizza.
[MUSIC]
We just found a post box we've never ever used before.
We've never seen this - ok now we're really late we're supposed to be going to swimming, somewhere we've never been before
[Music]
We're getting changed for the swimming thing.
Don't look!
But apart from that, joy?
I didn't do anything, what's that, Joy 10?
What's the maximum?
Ten.
Minus one.
You give it minus one.
Because it really hurt - yeah you really scratched your back up.
I scraped my knee.
And you give it?
I'm giving it 8.
You give it 8, okay.
8 minus 1 is 7
Joy of 7
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
Kids! Time to go to bed!
Time to go to bed!
So that was it - day seven - day seven of erm the vlog, and that's all the spending for today I think I
I couldn't bring myself to check the stuff that's left our bank accounts by direct debit but just for hard cash spending it was over at the leisure centre, so that's a win
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Ready?
Hello this is day si-- is it recording??
Yeah this is day 6 of the Tightwad Dad vlog - I'm back! Did it!
[Music]
And we've already started the spending
The spending!
Oh you've spent on... from the pound shop
One of these. Throw it on the window. Splat!
How much joy?
Ten.
And did you buy anything else in there?
Erm yes I bought some bubble gum.
[Music]
Can you get a shot of this
They also spotted this bag in the charity shop.
It's amazing. And that was 4 pounds.
Oh yeah, it's 4 pounds. We don't usually say the prices, but look - 4 quid for a Crumpler bag!
That's basically like 5 dollars.
In America.
5 dollars!
Yeah.
[Music]
That'll be a thumbnail
Yeah.
Now I shouldn't really spend anymore should I?
Cause, we don't need stuff.
Yeah but we need to get something for my sister.
Oh yes get something for your sister
okay
You want a drone don't you?
15 quid, but you know it will last about two minutes
That'll break.
Think of how many drones Casey Neistat has.
Okay so we went a bit nuts
so I got a squishy ball for stella
I've got an aerial cable because I'm fed off of our one falling apart
and you've got a hot wheels - this is so pointless - we got a Hot Wheels that holds a GoPro
[Music]
I forgot my son!
oh right!
[Music]
okay so the squeezy ball lasted about four hours I guess we're ruining the planet for four hours of fun
Joy 2
[Music]
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Hello I'm Neil, thanks for clicking on this
It's the Tightwad Dad vlog... cue titles!
[MUSIC]
Yeah it's a bit -- this is probably the worst weather day today - and it's the last day when I stay in Manchester - and this is day five of me sharing what I'm spending online on video every day for a week
[Music]
[Music]
So day five of something that I didn't think would last longer than one day
I've got to get myself home after a day at work
So first I've got to get into work
I think what I'm gonna do first is maybe get a little present to take into the office.
Now if I cared about my-- the people that I've been working with - I'd probably get them something healthy like some fruit... but I know what it's gonna be
[Music]
That's the gift sorted
Next I've got to spend on the tram and my final breakfast
[Music]
Final tram ticket
On to the airport I'm going in into work, as well.
[Music]
I've got a bit of an issue
I've got to get to the airport and all trams have been suspended
I'm not sure I'm gonna make it - so the next tram's in 20 minutes
Had to get an uber which has blown my spending out of the water because of the suspect package the fares are a little higher than usual
always use your local taxi cabs
But I'm gonna uber it now... I'm sure it'll be fine
Fine, as in "cutting it fine"
Oh man.. I never leave enough time.
The car is just coming up now I don't know if it's right to film - film them - so I'll just I'll just show shots of me - my feet getting in, oh here we go!
Did it I made it
I'm at the airport
I believe it went on at the gate at the right time
That's the way to do it isn't it
You can solve any problem by throwing money at it
So now gonna go through security - we're gonna turn you off let's see if I'll make it through to the other side
Now I think I've made it.
Nearly home
Manchester shook me down.
Held me upside-down and jiggled me around and survived
Time to get home.
I could use this time to find out how much the family has spent
[Music]
Now last time I was here I found the perfect toilets.
They are by gates or gate 50
It wasn't 50 it was 49 to 44
it was quiet last time I was here
today is full of hen and stage do's.
Thanks men!
It's delayed by half an hour so I could probably got the tram.
But I ran so quickly I didn't pick up any food
This hour could get a little dangerous for spending money
[Music]
Got a meal deal!
That will see me through to half an hour... of the hour.
[Music]
So this is it - finally making it home!
[Music]
Right that's it - day 5
A bit longer than I thought it would, with a lot more spending than I thought we'd have
Let's see if I can take this to day six
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