issue with overwriting

[house embers 2]

im trying to drag a clip into the timeline without overwriting, so i hold down the command key (im working off a macbook pro). but even when holding down the command key it is still overwriting.  

[Mike Dziennik]

Are you dragging to an empty track on above clips? If you are doing that with the Toggle Sync Locks off then the clips below stay in place, even if you're holding CMD. Does the cursor change to a vertical bar with right-pointing arrows when you hold CMD?

[house embers 2]

yes i see that vertical bar with the right-pointing arrows, its odd because it was showing me that before it was overwrtiing but then i quit premier and reopened it and its working now  

[Warren Heaton · Accepted solution]

During the drag and drop, what message are you seeing displayed at the lower left of Premiere Pro?

Pictured above: Pressing and releasing the Option key during the drag and drop of a Clip in Premiere Pro 23.2.0 (Build 69) under macOS 11.7.4 Big Sur.


Does Insert work if you try a different method like opening the Clip in the Source tab and then clicking the Insert button?

What happens if you restart Premiere Pro?

[house embers 2]

Got it, i quit premeir and then reopened it and it works. thanks