Imovie - how to import MP4 video clip for editing ? Wont drag and Drop ; using OSX on macbook

the Video just flies back onto desktop.

It should only have to do the full search the first time. From then on it should be quick.
Since yours is not, I would suspect that iMovie is not able to write the results of the search, so the next time it has to start from scratch. This could be a permissions issue.
Go to Disk Utility and try to repair permissions on your main hard disk.
You might also try trashing preferences. (Details here - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061 )

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