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You are combining audio and video clips outside the primary storyline. What does this mean? I cleared everything out of iMovie, literally a blank slate, and I can't import two clips I took on my iPhone SE. What does it mean? I have no way of detaching audio from these clips before I try to import them, but I shouldn't have to, I have been doing iMovie happily for years.
iMac 27″, macOS 12.4
Regrettably, I don't know what the error message means or how to cure the issue. Take a look at this recent thread that mentions the same problem:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253920941
This might be one where it would be beneficial to call Apple Support and talk to the techs there.
-- Rich
This is an odd error message. It almost seems like iMovie is erroneously perceiving a compound clip. A compound clip is one that is like a mini project within the main project. iMovie cannot create them but Final Cut Pro can. See this link to the Final Cut user guide:
Create compound clips in Final Cut Pro - Apple Support
Is it possible that you have, or did have at one time, Final Cut Pro on your computer that perhaps is confusing iMovie?
-- Rich
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I suspect this is something that's affected a few hundred users, and it will get auto corrected in a future update. (That's my experience with how these things work) I even made a movie on my iPad and air dropped it over to my Mac, but it still wouldn't let me import. I won't follow up with Apple, I'll probably buy Filmora to see me through till this gets fixed. Thanks again.
Have you tried some of usual diagnostics, like deleting preferences: opening iMovie in a new library: shutting down and booting your Mac in Safe Mode and then immediately shutting down and rebooting in normal mode; opening iMovie in the Guest account on your Mac; placing your media into a different and newly created project?
-- Rich
Rich,
Thanks again for the messages. I've never had Final Cut. I have tried a few different things, but I haven't tried Safe Mode. I don't have a guest account, but now it's worth setting one up, just for the interesting exercise of doing this. I'll give all these things a try, and get back to you in a few day.
Henk
In case you were unaware, you can easily set up a Guest account by clicking on System Preferences/Users and Groups, unlocking the dialogue box by entering your administrator password, and then turning on Guest User.
-- Rich
Okay, I set up a Guest Account, and I used iMovie with a couple of clips, and it worked fine.
I went back to my account, and after deleting, and reinstalling iMovie, the situation has changed.
I no longer get the dialogue box I had before. Now I import clips, and they are all there in the upper screen, but I can't drag them down to the lower half to start a movie. The mouse pointer turns into a little sign which is a circle with a bar across it. But it's not red. So now I guess I'll try Safe Mode and report back in a few more days.
iMovie Audio and Video
