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Can I recover these imovie video files?

About 3 years ago i recorded a video in Photobooth on my Mac. When I was done, I edited the video in iMovie. The problem is that I then deleted the videos from Photobooth sometime later. Now when I open up iMovie, the video I edited pops up, and has the thumbnails on it, so i can see some frames, but I cant actually watch the video because it says the file is missing.

Is there any way I can recover the files or find them somewhere else on my computer?

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  • Zyfert
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, if you emptied your trash they are gone.

    An iMove project is only a text file with instructions on where to find the clips and what to do with them.

    Next time, render your movie first (Share > Export) before you delete the source clips.

    Best,

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Hi there,

    An "undelete tool" I used to recover my files is Wondershare data recovery. Free Download here http://bitly.com/1qaJBDZ

    It's a very simple and nice software.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You may try iBacksoft Recover Data for Mac. It's a professional Mac data recovery software. Here is the download page

    http://www.ibacksoft.com/recover-data-for-mac.html

  • Uchiha
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Yeah you can use this software - http://www.cleverfiles.com/ it s freeeee and stuff. XP

    Source(s): nyan :3
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