tpk777
Are you working in the Expert workspace or Quick workspace in your Premiere Elements 12 Mac?
It is only in the Expert workspace that you have the Project Assets Palette with file thumbnails which are stored there and can be
dragged from there to the Timeline as needed.
In the Quick workspace, Add Media/......and the import goes directly to a scene space in the Filmstrip.
Or, are you saying that your are in Expert workspace and the Project Assets Palette is missing?
Please give more details.
Thank you.
ATR
Add On...I forgot to ask....have you updated 12 to 12.1 Update using an opened project's Help Menu/Update? If not, please do so.