iMovie is selecting and cutting video in the browser window

When I try to select a clip to move into the editing window, there's a yellow window around it and a marker. I can't move the clip without inadvertently cutting off the beginning of the recording. See below.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 02:20 PM

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Margery07 Author

Level 1

4 points

Feb 3, 2022 06:12 AM in response to Rich839

The issue was that the edit window was only showing a fragment of the full video. I had to move the slider to see the whole thing. I don't use iMovie very often, but I don't remember that it worked that way the last time I used it. Feeling sheepish.

Rich839

Level 8

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Feb 2, 2022 02:50 PM in response to Margery07

Looks normal to me. Click on the + sign and the clip will automatically move into the timeline.

— Rich

Margery07 Author

Level 1

4 points

Feb 2, 2022 02:38 PM in response to Margery07

Here's another screenshot. I think I must have turned on something inadvertently?

Rich839

Level 8

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Feb 3, 2022 07:36 AM in response to Margery07

Sometimes it is the simplest thing. 😊

-- Rich

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