iMovie export to YouTube in HD

For some reason, after the latest update to iMovie (10.1.15) I cannot export any video in HD to YouTube. I even when back to past projects I have done, and it defaults to SD, and all I can choose from is SD or Large. Please help, open to suggestions!

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 7:17 PM

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Rich839

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Posted on Sep 15, 2020 9:31 PM

It is a bug that others have observed as well. Apple will need to address it.

Meanwhile, export your 1080 movie to your desktop and drag it into You Tube’s upload window. That will preserve your HD.

— Rich

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