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Imovie splitting-, fragment disappears.

Using a MacBook Pro m1 Big Sur; upon splitting a fragment in the iMovie timeline, the whole clip simply disappears. Does anyone else have this problem, solutions?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 23, 2020 3:21 AM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2020 9:16 AM

Great! You got your answer.


iMovie uses the word "split" to mean to cut a clip into two or more separate fragments. iMovie uses the word "cut" to mean to remove the clip entirely, i.e, to make it disappear from the project timeline. You can put it back into the project timeline by doing Edit/Paste or Edit/Undo Cut.


-- Rich

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Dec 23, 2020 9:16 AM in response to cfromgroningen

Great! You got your answer.


iMovie uses the word "split" to mean to cut a clip into two or more separate fragments. iMovie uses the word "cut" to mean to remove the clip entirely, i.e, to make it disappear from the project timeline. You can put it back into the project timeline by doing Edit/Paste or Edit/Undo Cut.


-- Rich

Dec 23, 2020 8:19 AM in response to cfromgroningen

I've not seen any reports of a clip disappearing when doing a split. Possibly a corrupt preference is causing that. Try deleting preferences. It is a safe procedure that will not cause loss of data or disruption to your projects. To delete preferences open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects.


-- Rich

Imovie splitting-, fragment disappears.

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