I bought a Hitachi 500 gig external hard drive. I've backed up my photos but it won't allow me to access imovie (mac) so I can back them up.

I bought a Hitachi 500 gig external hard drive. I've backed up my photos but it won't allow me to access imovie (mac) so I can back them up.
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Could you explain a little more of what exactly you are trying to do? My first question with any External HD/Mac problem is, did you format the hard drive first?
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