Copying and Pasting in iMovie

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Copying and Pasting in iMovie

I have been putting a lot of clips into one file on iMovie, with the plan to copy and paste them into new, separate files once I collected all the ones I needed. I can select specific files and use Command + C on them, but every time I go to a new file and click Command + V, nothing pastes.

I have already checked for other ways to relocate the files without deleting them or leaving them stuck in a certain order. How do I copy and paste these clips without needing to restart my work of making them all?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Oct 30, 2021 7:11 PM

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Rich839

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Oct 30, 2021 9:04 PM in response to Incept10n1st

Select the clip in the timeline by clicking on it. Do Edit/Copy and then create a new project and do Edit/Paste into the timeline. Before pasting, you need to put your cursor in the timeline and click. You can select several adjacent clips at once and do the same procedure.

I doesn't make any difference whether the clip was in the upper timeline or lower timeline.

-- Rich

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Incept10n1st Author

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Oct 30, 2021 7:43 PM in response to Incept10n1st

I did some more testing. I think iMovie didn't allow me to paste because the clips I highlighted were on top of other clips at the time.

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