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Can't delete transitions

I'm currently unable to delete transitions in an iMovie project. Below are the steps I'm taking. Can anyone offer guidance here? FYI I'm on a MacBook Pro.

  1. Select the transition in the timeline (it turns yellow)
  2. Right click on the transition
  3. Available options (Play & Show Precision Editor) - The options Cut, Copy, Delete, and Adjust are all greyed out
  4. Try hitting the Delete button on my keyboard and I hear the error beep noise and nothing happens
  5. Have tried closing iMovie and reopening
  6. Have tried restarting my computer


MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Mar 3, 2024 7:43 AM

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Mar 3, 2024 10:49 AM in response to OrionNebula5678

OK so I figured out what you're referring to. You're selecting the transition and then going into the menu at the top of the screen and selecting the drop down for Edit. This is not very intuitive at all. The "Edit" functions need to be available when a user right-clicks. I hope the Devs can respond to this and add a feature update.

Mar 3, 2024 8:15 AM in response to OrionNebula5678

UPDATE: So I figured out the problem. I'm currently using an Apple keyboard which has two 'delete' buttons. The 'delete' button on the QWERTY keyboard can be used to delete the transition but the 'delete' button on the button island with 'fn', 'home', 'page up', 'end', 'page down' does not work to delete the transition. This took me several hours to troubleshoot. Apple, in future software updates you should not only make all 'delete' buttons on your keyboard available to delete objects in the timeline but also make it so the option to delete is not greyed out when you right click on the transition.

Can't delete transitions

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