iMovie 08 backup

What am I supposed to put in the folder. If I put the events in the folder then they appear as several clips, not one large one.

I tried that, actually, and iMovie wouldn't read off the external hard drive.

Again, I'm running 10.5.8 with iMovie 08.

Thanks!

Make sure the external hard drive you're using is formatted to Mac OS Extended (journaled). Otherwise iMovie might not be able to read and write to it.

iMovie will organize your video on which ever hard drive you tell it to. Try this: when you plug your hard drive into your Mac, open up iMovie and tell it to show all the hard disks that are connected to your Mac (do this by clicking on the hard drive icon located at the top right corner of the event library column in iMovie). Then, in your event library, select the events that are on your Mac's hard drive and drag them to the external hard drive shown in your event library list.

Of course, simply dragging them will move the events to the LaCie hard disk (which, by the way, seems like a good option for you since you're running out of space on your Mac). If you want to copy them to the LaCie try holding down the Command key while you drag.

DISCLAIMER: I have not done this myself because I have an alternative backup solution. Also, I am only familiar with iMovie '09.

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Thanks. Although the first response would certainly create a backup of ashankar365's iMovie events, it would not solve his problem of running out of space on his internal hard disk (which was the reason why he wanted to create a "backup" in the first place). Instead of copying the events folder, moving the folder in which iMovie maintains video events to a different location and telling iMovie to maintain the library in that alternate location, might provide a more scalable solution for ashankar365's video library moving forward.
The first response would have left the events in their original location and would not have freed up any space on the internal disk.

How would I "move the folder in which iMovie maintains video events to a different location and telling iMovie to maintain the library in that alternate location"

Read the above post titled "Answer from iMovie help menu".
It says:
Connect a compatible external hard disk drive to your computer using a FireWire or USB 2.0 cable.
In iMovie, click the Hard Disk button to see all available hard disks listed in your Event Library. The button is located in the upper-right corner of the Event Library.

Select the Events that you want to move or copy, and then do one of the following:
To copy the Events, drag them to the icon of the hard disk where you want to copy them.
A copy of the Events remains in the original location, and any projects using clips from the Events still refer to them at their original location.
To move the Events, hold down the Command key as you drag the Events to the icon of the hard disk where you want to move them.
The Events are moved and deleted from the original location, and any projects using clips from the Events refer to them at their new location.