iMovie 3.0.3 (French): Unexpectedly quits

iMovie may unexpectedly quit if French is selected as the primary language in International preferences and if there are stray clips in the iMovie project.
Symptom

iMovie 3.0.3 unexpectedly quits.

This happens when you open the application and it tries to delete clips that don't belong to any projects.

Solution

Temporarily set the primary language to something other than French:

  1. Quit iMovie if it is open.
  2. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
  3. From the View menu, choose International.
  4. Click Language.
  5. Drag a language other than French to the top of the Languages list.
  6. From the System Preferences menu, choose Quit.
  7. Open iMovie.
  8. Dismiss the alert message concerning stray clips.
  9. Save your project.

After saving your project, you can change the primary language back to French.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012