iMovie won't let me drag a video clip to the timeline

iMovie won't let me drag video clips from my media library to the timeline.

I am using iMovie version 10.1.8


Any tips?

Posted on Jan 2, 2019 7:26 PM

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Posted on Jan 2, 2019 7:29 PM

Hi, meg,


Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if you can drag clips into the timeline.


Also, try creating a new project and see if the problem replicates there.


Unless there is some reason for using iMovie 10.1.8, update to current version 10.1.10 and Mojave.


-- Rich





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Jan 2, 2019 7:29 PM in response to meg_w

Hi, meg,


Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if you can drag clips into the timeline.


Also, try creating a new project and see if the problem replicates there.


Unless there is some reason for using iMovie 10.1.8, update to current version 10.1.10 and Mojave.


-- Rich





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