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Split Clip is greyed out in iMovie. I've selected the clip, but Split Clip is greyed out. I restarted iMovie while holding Option and Command and I deleted the preferences as suggested. Split Clip still greyed out.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.6
Where is the playhead? We can't see from the screenshot. The most likely reason, from what i can see, is that the playhead is not in the middle of the clip.
The Split Clip command, perhaps surprisingly, does not apply to the clip selected, but to whichever clip the playhead is at. On hindsight, it does make sense - since the split happens at the playhead position.
For example:
Split Clip greyed out - the playhead is at the start of (another) clip
Split Clip available:
Sorry. The previous replies only showed after I clicked post.
Hi,
Possibly there is a glitch confined to this one project. Try creating a new project and see if the Split Clip feature works there. Also, try using Modify/Split Clip from the main iMovie menu rather than the pop up menu from Control-Clicking on the clip.
As a work around, you can make a duplicate of the clip and trim the two clips back to the point where you wanted to make the split.
-- Rich
SOLVED!! Hi Friends. I don't know how to to mark this query as *resolved*, so I'll post it here:
I found that my hard drive was very nearly full. After I was able to clear off about 30% my hard drive space, the greyed Out Split Clip issue was fixed.
I can now split clips like normal.
Thank you to everyone who poked in here to help!!
Have you got the playhead positioned on the clip?
Yes. Clip selected. Play head in clip at position of desired split. I clicked on the play head in the clip, just to be extra sure.
I closed and restarted iMovie.
I rebooted the MBP.
Just checking . . . is the clip on the normal story line or above it?
If it's connected (above the story line) it can't be split (or so I have been told).
Sorry, I don't know what this question means.
Split Clip greyed out in iMovie 10.4.2 MBPro iOS Sonoma 14.6.1
