iMovie Export fail
hi i recently updated my mac to macOS Catalina(10.15.5) post that my iMovie fails to export Projects, any of you guys facing similar problems Kindly help. Thank you.
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
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hi i recently updated my mac to macOS Catalina(10.15.5) post that my iMovie fails to export Projects, any of you guys facing similar problems Kindly help. Thank you.
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
What steps did you use to export and what happened when you tried? Any error message? Does the inability to export happen with all projects? Have you updated your iMovie app to current version 10.1.14? If so, have you tried redownloading iMovie?
You can try some of these diagnostic procedures to see if you can cure the problem:
Updating iMovie
To update/redownload iMovie 10, drag your iMovie 10 app from the Applications
folder into the trash, but do not empty the trash. Sign in to the app
store and open your purchases folder by clicking on your name at the bottom of
the app store side bar. You will see your purchases displayed, including iMovie
10. Redownload/update iMovie from there. If not successful, drag your present
iMovie app out of the trash and return it to the Applications folder.
Deleting Preferences
Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to
delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library.
Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if the artifacts
are gone.
New Project
Another thing you can try is to copy your media into a newly created project and see if
that cures the problem. To do that, do an Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy, of the
media in your project and then Edit/Paste it into the newly created project.
Safe Mode
You could also try booting up in Safe Mode (see Finder menu for instructions) and,
after everything loads, immediately shut down and reboot in normal mode. Then
see if iMovie works properly.
Resetting the System Management
Controller
Try resetting the System Management Controller:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
-- Rich
What steps did you use to export and what happened when you tried? Any error message? Does the inability to export happen with all projects? Have you updated your iMovie app to current version 10.1.14? If so, have you tried redownloading iMovie?
You can try some of these diagnostic procedures to see if you can cure the problem:
Updating iMovie
To update/redownload iMovie 10, drag your iMovie 10 app from the Applications
folder into the trash, but do not empty the trash. Sign in to the app
store and open your purchases folder by clicking on your name at the bottom of
the app store side bar. You will see your purchases displayed, including iMovie
10. Redownload/update iMovie from there. If not successful, drag your present
iMovie app out of the trash and return it to the Applications folder.
Deleting Preferences
Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to
delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library.
Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if the artifacts
are gone.
New Project
Another thing you can try is to copy your media into a newly created project and see if
that cures the problem. To do that, do an Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy, of the
media in your project and then Edit/Paste it into the newly created project.
Safe Mode
You could also try booting up in Safe Mode (see Finder menu for instructions) and,
after everything loads, immediately shut down and reboot in normal mode. Then
see if iMovie works properly.
Resetting the System Management
Controller
Try resetting the System Management Controller:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
-- Rich
hi Rich thank you for ur suggestions
my iMovie version is 10.1.14
i tried deleting iMovie and reinstalling it , i deleted preferences , new project, still im facing the same issue ,havent tried safe mode still . will try and let u knw .
I have the same issue. I tried doing it in safe mode too but it does not work. I have reported this issue to the Apple support team member and they have created an engineering ticket for this issue. I am still waiting on either OS update or imovie update to fix this issue. Hope it comes soon !! Fingers crossed.
They suggested me to erase the hard disk and reinstall the OS. But , after doing that as well I am facing same issue. . Now they are telling that it can be a hardware issue related to GPU but this was never a problem before the OS update Catalina 10.15.5.
Let me know if problem is solved or you have any input on this.
kindly update me .thank you
hi amit i kept on deleting and reinstalling iMovie.and it works for me now..try this, in mean time i used davinci resolve 16 which is free and professional software.. hope it will be helpful .
iMovie Export fail