Insert chapter markers in IMovie 10

iMovie version 10 can't add chapter markers so you must use version 9 for your tasks.

Apple believes that DVD's are a dead product and no longer includes a burner with their machines or software to create them.

Also, iMovie 10 was a complete rewrite and rather than "removing" the feature, they just did not add it.

Apple believes that DVD's are a dead product and no longer includes a burner with their machines

This Macintosh includes a built in optical SuperDrive.

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/

Does anyone have any idea why Apple would remove this feature from IMovie?

It's a way to help differentiate iMovie from Final Cut Pro X which DOES have the ability to create chapter markers. I use chapters with Podcasts and DVDs. I mostly use iMovie HD 06 with iDVD 09.

I believe that the ability to create chapter markers is absolutely essential.

If one has a 3 hour long movie and you want to show someone something near the end, it's a whole lot faster just to jump to the appropriate chapter marker.

Without chapter markers one has to take the slow and tedious method of fast forwarding. Another great thing about creating chapter markers is that you can locate them at various events or scenes. A movie without chapter markers takes us back to 1979 VCRs.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/10/28/opinion-imac-optical-media/

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A more appropriate headline for that story would be, “Apple killed optical media for ITS own good."

Apple doesn’t want their users getting any content from anyone other than them. Movies, apps, games, etc. Just like a tablet, you buy a MacBook Pro or Air, you buy and download what you put on it through Apple. At least that’s the intent.

Removing the optical drive from most Macs allowed Apple to reduce the weight and thickness of the machines by a tiny bit (really not much), which gave them something to crow about in public, while also cutting out some manufacturing costs. But more importantly it gave them a way to try to lock users into a new revenue stream for the company.

Once physical media are totally gone, we can expect the consumer's rights to use the content to become even more restricted than they are now. Want to buy a second hand copy of a movie that's "out of print?" Too bad. The second hand market will disappear. Want to reinstall software you bought a few years ago? Better hope the publisher doesn't prefer to force you to pay for an upgrade. The end of physical media MAY be coming, but I fail to see how it benefits the consumer.

Dozens of third party options for using removable media in OS X and Apple even sells a few at their store.

I bought my first iMac and it didn't ship with a floppy drive and I got over it in a few weeks.

Thousands of USB 3 devices that work better than anything Apple would even offer.

Apple has moved away from all removable media components years ago and isn't looking back.

I bought my first iMac and it didn't ship with a floppy drive and I got over it in a few weeks.

I was glad to see the floppy drive go to. In fact, my Apple software experience goes back to cassette tape!

Apple has moved away from all removable media components years ago and isn't looking back.

Very true. Apple still sells one MacBook with a built-in optical drive, (the only one I will buy).

My point is that the move to downloadable software and movies is 99% for the benefit of the sellers. It's true, I can go to the Mac App Store and with one click buy software almost instantly. That's about the only upside I can find.

Look at all the people desperately trying to purchase the Mavericks OS. Many are unable to do so. Software sold on optical media can almost always be obtained. In fact, you can find lots of original Apple software still for sale. (The ever popular iMovie HD 06 is one example.)

When it comes to movies, I find physical media to be vastly superior. It is completely portable. I can lend a movie to friends or even sell it if I don't like the movie. I'm a frequent flyer, I will typically grab a couple of DVDs out of my collection to watch on my flight. No passwords, security codes, or authentications required. Interestingly, over the last year I have seen 3 people with laptop computers with portable DVD drives duct taped to the bottom! Not very elegant.

Once I sell you a physical copy of a movie or song, you can do whatever you like with the physical object, except copy it or show it publicly. 700 million DVDs were sold in 2014. “In any forecast, physical goods (DVDs and Blu-Rays) will remain the largest piece,” Bill Clark, president of Anchor Bay Entertainment.

In my own collection, I have several movies that were censored later (after my purchase) for political correctness reasons. If these movies were stored on the cloud, only the PC censored versions would be available.

I have nothing against various alternative methods of storing data and movies. I'm only advocating consumer choice. Of course, Apple will do what it wants, they rarely check with me first. 😉