iLife
iLife software update today and still no fix for iMovie bug
23 July 2008; 19:24 Filed in: Posted by:
Barry Ward
If you have iLife '08, run your Software Update today
and you will find four updates available:
According to the 'details', these include compatibility and stability improvements, as well as minor issue fixes. As for compatibility, the iLife apps now support MobileMe, so that's good news for those who use it.
As for issues, I (and many others on the Apple forums, I might add) had one with iMovie, where sharing any videos to YouTube over 5 minutes (more or less) resulted in a server error message-
yet 5-10 minutes later my video would show up on YouTube! After this update, I tried uploading one of my videos to YouTube again, and can report that unfortunately the bug is still there. What makes this worse is when a video is shared to YouTube successfully (anything a few minutes long works fine) then iMovie gives you the option to email friends, and this email is already written out for you with a link to the video. Of course when the error occurs, iMovie assumes the video hasn't reached YouTube, and therefore doesn't give the email option, so you have to do it yourself. This is a real shame, as this is one of two bugs that are really 'bugging' me at the moment (the other is the Mail app not hiding at login, as described in my earlier post). I (and I am assuming many more who have posted on the Apple forums) have sent feedback to Apple regarding this issue, as I also did regarding the Mail app bug, and it is getting rather frustrating when the feedback seems to be falling on deaf ears.
According to the 'details', these include compatibility and stability improvements, as well as minor issue fixes. As for compatibility, the iLife apps now support MobileMe, so that's good news for those who use it.
As for issues, I (and many others on the Apple forums, I might add) had one with iMovie, where sharing any videos to YouTube over 5 minutes (more or less) resulted in a server error message-
yet 5-10 minutes later my video would show up on YouTube! After this update, I tried uploading one of my videos to YouTube again, and can report that unfortunately the bug is still there. What makes this worse is when a video is shared to YouTube successfully (anything a few minutes long works fine) then iMovie gives you the option to email friends, and this email is already written out for you with a link to the video. Of course when the error occurs, iMovie assumes the video hasn't reached YouTube, and therefore doesn't give the email option, so you have to do it yourself. This is a real shame, as this is one of two bugs that are really 'bugging' me at the moment (the other is the Mail app not hiding at login, as described in my earlier post). I (and I am assuming many more who have posted on the Apple forums) have sent feedback to Apple regarding this issue, as I also did regarding the Mail app bug, and it is getting rather frustrating when the feedback seems to be falling on deaf ears.
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