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Correct the date on certain iMovie '08 imported movies Apps
iMovie '08 organizes your media into events, and conveniently categorizes the events by the event year. For imported digital media, iMovie can get this information right from the camera itself. But if you are importing footage from VHS tapes or other methods that do not store the event date, iMovie will use the file Creation Date for categorization. If you import an old home movie from 1982, this will seem oddly out of place next to your 2007 videos.

Changing the files' creation date in the Finder to the event's actual date will allow iMovie to correctly group the movie. Once imported, the movie files are stored in ~/Movies » iMovie Events. I used the nice AppleScript droplet from this hint to change the files' creation date.
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Correct the date on certain iMovie '08 imported movies
Authored by: thefinite on Sep 24, '07 05:23:13PM

You don't have to change the creation date. Just changing the names of clips in the iMovie Events folder to match the desired dates will do the trick.

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Correct the date on certain iMovie '08 imported movies
Authored by: wdympcf on Oct 17, '07 02:52:40PM

The problem with changing the name of the file (or modifying the creation date) after you import the file is that you end up "generating thumbnails" twice - which is quite a time consuming process if the clip is long! Instead, I suggest that it is smarter to modify the modification/creation date before importing the file. Use iMovie 6 HD to capture the DV and then import it to iMovie '08 after you have changed the modification/creation date of the file :)



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