Can't drag audio onto clips

In iMovie and it wont let me drag an audio file onto my "clips"...I get an icon with a "slash", (like the "no smoking" signs.) I even went back to an earlier movie that I had created and it wouldn't let me drag another audio clip.
I've have created many movies before, on the same laptop, but this time it's not letting. Is there a setting I should be looking at? (And yes, the audio file IS on my computer and NOT in the cloud!)

Feature is still there, has not changed.
Try clearing your media cashe

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I can usually drag audio files (.mp3, .mov, .aiff) right into a project and it loads into either an existing track or automatically creates a new one.
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Simply cannot import new audio, on new tracks.
Any suggestions?
Running Mavericks and GarageBand 10.0.2
thanks

Probably a matter of source patching:
From the Help: Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Source patching and track targeting
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Once in the track, A and V don't get moved together.
I usually just rebuild the track order from scratch anyway because you can easily lose sync easilly when you are shuffling clip order.

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Hello,
Since recently, I can't drag and drop clips into the timeline nor to the preview window anymore!
All that happens is that the clip moves out of the viewer (it's like being in the preview window).
And when I choose adapt all, it actually fills the screen but only on some ( ?! ) clips...
I can insert/overwrite/etc using the F9-F12 short cuts. They work like they should.
I guess I changed some settings.... thanks for your input...
Message was edited by: Max_Iqueu

*it only lets me add songs via playlists.*
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