iMovie HD: Close all iDVD projects before using iMovie‘s Magic iMovie feature

If you have an iDVD project open and you use the Magic iMovie feature in iMovie HD to create a DVD, the project coming from iMovie may not complete.

In this situation, once iMovie HD creates a Magic iMovie, the computer switches applications to iDVD, but because you already have an iDVD project open, iDVD won't create a new project for your Magic iMovie content. Instead, you may receive an alert such as this:

There is already a project open, do you want to save?

It doesn't matter if you select Yes or No; your Magic iMovie DVD project will not be created as expected. Instead, iDVD opens a new blank project.

If this happens to you:

1. Close the blank project in iDVD.
2. Switch back to iMovie; your Magic iMovie project should still be open and already assembled.
3. Use the Send to iDVD option to resend the project to iDVD: From the File menu, choose Share. Then click the iDVD button and click Share.

To avoid this issue, make sure that you close all iDVD projects before starting a new Magic iMovie.