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iLife ‘09: Music and Photos may not be accessible from your Media Browser

If you installed the iLife Support 9.0.3 update, and subsequently used Migration Assistant to transfer your files to a new Mac, you may be unable to see your iPhoto images or iTunes music in the Media Browser of your iLife ‘09 applications.* Also related to this issue, your screen saver preference pane in System Preferences may become unresponsive.
* If this issue occurs in only one of your iLife ‘09 applications, this article does not apply and troubleshooting should be performed for that application, not the entire suite. See the following articles for more information:
How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists 
iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library

iLife: Troubleshooting Basics

If one of your iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iDVD, or iWeb) isn’t performing normally, try these basic troubleshooting steps to resolve the situation. Please note that these steps aren’t exhaustive and are not intended to cover any specific issue.

iLife ‘09: System requirements

 Learn about the system requirements for iLife ‘09.
 

iLife: Black lines may appear when exporting to QuickTime

You may notice small black lines on video you export from iMovie or iPhoto to QuickTime.

iLife ‘08 and later: Some iLife applications will not open after an OS reinstall or migration

After using the Archive and Install feature of the the Mac OS X Installer, or the migration feature using Migration Assistant utility, you may not be able to open any of the iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, or iDVD). The application icon may bounce in the Dock, but the application does not open. You may also receive an alert message.

Mac OS X 10.5.5 and later: Installing optional and bundled software

Mac computers that ship with Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later allow the installation of some bundled Mac OS X applications such as Mail and/or the iLife suite–without needing to reinstall Mac OS X completely.

iPhoto ‘09: Editing photos in iPhoto will not refresh image in free Flickr gallery

If you have published images to your free Flickr account from iPhoto ‘09, attempting to edit these images from your iPhoto application and then republishing to your Flickr account will not replace your published photo with your new image.

MobileMe: Protecting movies, images in your Gallery with a password

You can easily protect movies or photo albums in your MobileMe Gallery with a password that you choose. Movies or photo albums that are not protected with a password can be viewed online by anyone who knows the URL to them. Note: You must have an active MobileMe account, iLife ‘08, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.

Don’t rename or move iLife applications

If you have iLife installed on your computer, do not rename or move any of its applications from the default Applications folder.

About the security content of iLife Support 8.3.1

This document describes the security content of iLife Support 8.3.1, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads.
For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see "How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key."
Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see "Apple Security Updates."