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⤢ IMOVIE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 1 ⌘ Show My… 2 ⌘ Show Audi… 3 ⌘ Show Title… 4 5 6 ⌘ Show Tran… 7 8 9 0 Q Connect S… W Insert Sele… E Add Select… R T Y U I ⌘ Import Me… O P A ⌘ Select All… S ⇧ Toggle Au… D F ⇧ ⌘ Play Full S… G H J K L ⌘ Loop Playb… Z ⌘ Undo X Select Enti… C ⌘ Copy Sele… V ⌥ ⌘ Paste All A… B ⌘ Divide Clip… N ⌘ New Movi… M ⇧ ⌘ Mute Audi… MORE SHORTCUTS Play from Playhe… ␣ Delete Selection… ⌦ Play Selection / Move Playhead… → Move Playhead… ← Cut Selected Fra… ⌘ X Paste Selected F… ⌘ / Trim Clip to Sele… ⌥ / Redo ⇧ ⌘ Z Play Selection fr… \ Open / Close Cli… ⌘ \ Detach Audio fro… ⌥ ⌘ B Jump to Next Clip ↓ Jump to Beginni… ↑ Exit Full Screen ⎋ Deselect All Clips ⇧ ⌘ A Enhance Video a… ⇧ ⌘ E Open / Close Pre… ⌘ / Rate Selection a… F Open Voiceover… V Show Cinematic… ⌥ ⌘ F Paste Video Effe… ⌥ ⌘ L Move to Trash ⌘ ⌦ Open Settings ⌘ , Show / Hide Libr… ⇧ ⌘ 1 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC IMOVIE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 1 ⌘ Show My… 2 ⌘ Show Audi… 3 ⌘ Show Title… 4 5 6 ⌘ Show Tran… 7 8 9 0 A ⌘ Select All… Z ⌘ Undo E Add Select… R T Y U I ⌘ Import Me… O P Q Connect S… S ⇧ Toggle Au… D F ⇧ ⌘ Play Full S… G H J K L ⌘ Loop Playb… M ⇧ ⌘ Mute Audi… W Insert Sele… X Select Enti… C ⌘ Copy Sele… V ⌥ ⌘ Paste All A… B ⌘ Divide Clip… N ⌘ New Movi… MORE SHORTCUTS Play from Playhe… ␣ Delete Selection… ⌦ Play Selection / Move Playhead… → Move Playhead… ← Cut Selected Fra… ⌘ X Paste Selected F… ⌘ / Trim Clip to Sele… ⌥ / Redo ⇧ ⌘ Z Play Selection fr… \ Open / Close Cli… ⌘ \ Detach Audio fro… ⌥ ⌘ B Jump to Next Clip ↓ Jump to Beginni… ↑ Exit Full Screen ⎋ Deselect All Clips ⇧ ⌘ A Enhance Video a… ⇧ ⌘ E Open / Close Pre… ⌘ / Rate Selection a… F Open Voiceover… V Show Cinematic… ⌥ ⌘ F Paste Video Effe… ⌥ ⌘ L Move to Trash ⌘ ⌦ Open Settings ⌘ , Show / Hide Libr… ⇧ ⌘ 1 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC ⤢ EDITING Divide Clip at Playhead (Split) ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Playhead Q Insert Selection at Playhead W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C Paste Selected Frames ⌘ / Trim Clip to Selected Range ⌥ / Redo ⇧ ⌘ Z Deselect All Clips ⇧ ⌘ A Enhance Video and Audio ⇧ ⌘ E VIEW Show My Media in Browser ⌘ 1 Show Audio in Browser ⌘ 2 Show Titles in Browser ⌘ 3 Show Transitions in Browser ⌘ 6 Show / Hide Libraries List ⇧ ⌘ 1 CLIPS Open / Close Clip Trimmer ⌘ \ Open / Close Precision Editor ⌘ / Rate Selection as Favorite F Show Cinematic Editor ⌥ ⌘ F AUDIO Detach Audio from Clip ⌥ ⌘ B Open Voiceover Controls V Mute Audio in Clip ⇧ ⌘ M Toggle Audio While Skimming ⇧ S ADJUSTMENTS Paste All Adjustments ⌥ ⌘ V Paste Video Effect ⌥ ⌘ L PLAYBACK Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame Forwa… → Move Playhead One Frame Backw… ← Play Selection from Beginning \ Play Full Screen ⇧ ⌘ F Jump to Next Clip ↓ Jump to Beginning / Previous Clip ↑ Exit Full Screen ⎋ Loop Playback ⌘ L PROJECT Import Media ⌘ I New Movie Project ⌘ N Move to Trash ⌘ ⌦ Open Settings ⌘ , iMovie KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC ⤢ EDITING 15 Divide Clip at Playhead ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Playh… Q Insert Selection at Playhe… W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C Paste Selected Frames ⌘ / Trim Clip to Selected Range ⌥ / Redo ⇧ ⌘ Z Deselect All Clips ⇧ ⌘ A Enhance Video and Audio ⇧ ⌘ E VIEW 05 Show My Media in Browser ⌘ 1 Show Audio in Browser ⌘ 2 Show Titles in Browser ⌘ 3 Show Transitions in Browser ⌘ 6 Show / Hide Libraries List ⇧ ⌘ 1 CLIPS 04 Open / Close Clip Trimmer ⌘ \ Open / Close Precision Edi… ⌘ / Rate Selection as Favorite F Show Cinematic Editor ⌥ ⌘ F AUDIO 04 Detach Audio from Clip ⌥ ⌘ B Open Voiceover Controls V Mute Audio in Clip ⇧ ⌘ M Toggle Audio While Skimming ⇧ S ADJUSTMENTS 02 Paste All Adjustments ⌥ ⌘ V Paste Video Effect ⌥ ⌘ L PLAYBACK 10 Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame Fo… → Move Playhead One Frame Ba… ← Play Selection from Beginn… \ Play Full Screen ⇧ ⌘ F Jump to Next Clip ↓ Jump to Beginning / Previo… ↑ Exit Full Screen ⎋ Loop Playback ⌘ L PROJECT 04 Import Media ⌘ I New Movie Project ⌘ N Move to Trash ⌘ ⌦ Open Settings ⌘ , iMovie KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC ⤢ IMOVIE · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 7 SETS · No.01 IMOVIE TOTAL 44 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PLAYBACK 10 EDITING 15 CLIPS 04 AUDIO 04 PROJECT 04 ADJUSTMENTS 02 VIEW 05 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame Forward → Move Playhead One Frame Backward ← Play Selection from Beginning \ Play Full Screen ⇧ ⌘ F Jump to Next Clip ↓ Jump to Beginning / Previous Clip ↑ Exit Full Screen ⎋ Loop Playback ⌘ L Divide Clip at Playhead (Split) ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Playhead Q Insert Selection at Playhead W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C Paste Selected Frames ⌘ / Trim Clip to Selected Range ⌥ / Redo ⇧ ⌘ Z Deselect All Clips ⇧ ⌘ A Enhance Video and Audio ⇧ ⌘ E Open / Close Clip Trimmer ⌘ \ Open / Close Precision Editor ⌘ / Rate Selection as Favorite F Show Cinematic Editor ⌥ ⌘ F Detach Audio from Clip ⌥ ⌘ B Open Voiceover Controls V Mute Audio in Clip ⇧ ⌘ M Toggle Audio While Skimming ⇧ S Import Media ⌘ I New Movie Project ⌘ N Move to Trash ⌘ ⌦ Open Settings ⌘ , Paste All Adjustments ⌥ ⌘ V Paste Video Effect ⌥ ⌘ L Show My Media in Browser ⌘ 1 Show Audio in Browser ⌘ 2 Show Titles in Browser ⌘ 3 Show Transitions in Browser ⌘ 6 Show / Hide Libraries List ⇧ ⌘ 1 IMOVIE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q Connect S… W Insert Sele… E Add Select… R T Y U I O P A ⌘ Select All… S D F G H J K L Z ⌘ Undo X Select Enti… C ⌘ Copy Sele… V B ⌘ Divide Clip… N M MORE SHORTCUTS Play from Playhead ␣ Delete Selection / Rej… ⌦ Play Selection / Move Playhead One F… → Move Playhead One F… ← Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC Keyboard map EDITING Divide Clip at Playhead (Split) ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Playhead Q Insert Selection at Playhead W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C PLAYBACK Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame For… → Move Playhead One Frame Bac… ← iMovie KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC Isometric EDITING 10 Divide Clip at Playhead ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Pla… Q Insert Selection at Play… W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C PLAYBACK 04 Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame… → Move Playhead One Frame… ← iMovie KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IMOVIE · MAC Typewriter IMOVIE · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 2 SETS · No.01 IMOVIE TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PLAYBACK 04 EDITING 10 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame Forward → Move Playhead One Frame Backward ← Divide Clip at Playhead (Split) ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Playhead Q Insert Selection at Playhead W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C Editorial iMovie is Apple's consumer video editor for assembling clips, adding transitions, and producing polished movies on the Mac. Its shortcuts speed up trimming, playback, and timeline navigation so your edits come together smoothly.
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15 Action Shortcut Divide Clip at Playhead (Split) ⌘ B Add Selection to Movie E Delete Selection / Reject ⌦ Undo ⌘ Z Select All Clips ⌘ A Select Entire Clip X Connect Selection at Playhead Q Insert Selection at Playhead W Cut Selected Frames ⌘ X Copy Selected Frames ⌘ C Paste Selected Frames ⌘ / Trim Clip to Selected Range ⌥ / Redo ⇧ ⌘ Z Deselect All Clips ⇧ ⌘ A Enhance Video and Audio ⇧ ⌘ E
10 Action Shortcut Play from Playhead ␣ Play Selection / Move Playhead One Frame Forward → Move Playhead One Frame Backward ← Play Selection from Beginning \ Play Full Screen ⇧ ⌘ F Jump to Next Clip ↓ Jump to Beginning / Previous Clip ↑ Exit Full Screen ⎋ Loop Playback ⌘ L
5 Action Shortcut Show My Media in Browser ⌘ 1 Show Audio in Browser ⌘ 2 Show Titles in Browser ⌘ 3 Show Transitions in Browser ⌘ 6 Show / Hide Libraries List ⇧ ⌘ 1
4 Action Shortcut Open / Close Clip Trimmer ⌘ \ Open / Close Precision Editor ⌘ / Rate Selection as Favorite F Show Cinematic Editor ⌥ ⌘ F
4 Action Shortcut Detach Audio from Clip ⌥ ⌘ B Open Voiceover Controls V Mute Audio in Clip ⇧ ⌘ M Toggle Audio While Skimming ⇧ S
4 Action Shortcut Import Media ⌘ I New Movie Project ⌘ N Move to Trash ⌘ ⌦ Open Settings ⌘ ,
2 Action Shortcut Paste All Adjustments ⌥ ⌘ V Paste Video Effect ⌥ ⌘ L
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Does the poster include every iMovie shortcut? iMovie has 44 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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