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confuseddarby

Q: Without separately buying iDVD...

how do you burn your project from iMovie on a Mac OS X Lion? I also cannot finalize my project because I do not have "enough room in the heap zone." I don't know how to fix this, or how to burn a DVD without iDVD. HELP ME!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Apr 8, 2012 7:56 PM

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  • by FrenchToast,

    FrenchToast FrenchToast Apr 9, 2012 12:45 AM in response to confuseddarby
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    Apr 9, 2012 12:45 AM in response to confuseddarby

    Depending on the size of your iMovie project, you need a lot of free space on your hard drive to store it as buffer (data that needs additional processing), not just as saving (data fully processed). Check how much free space is available on your hard drive (open a Finder window, the empty space is usually displayed at the bottom of the window); if there isn't enough, connect a USB or Firewire drive to your Mac and point iMovie to it to store your iMovie final project. This will free the empty space on your internal hard drive for buffering only.

     

    How much RAM do you have on your machine (Click on the Apple in the top left corner of your screen, then on "About this Mac")

  • by FrenchToast,

    FrenchToast FrenchToast Apr 9, 2012 4:22 AM in response to FrenchToast
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:22 AM in response to FrenchToast

    I realize I didn't actually tackle your first, implicit question, which I read to be, "how can I burn my iMovie project on a DVD without buying iDVD?"

     

    Well, there are several free disk burning utilities for Mac, such as Burn or LiquidCD, among others.