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Cannot save a completed project to file in iMovie

I am running iMove 10.1.5 on my MacBook Pro, which is running Sierra OS. I am trying to export one of my movies to a file. When I click share to file, it immediately returns an error message "Share Failed". The details of the error says "Exporting My Movie Has Failed. The operation couldn't be completed (com.apple.Compressor.CompressorKit.ErrorDomain error -1.) Can anyone please tell me how to fix this? Thanks!

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.12

Posted on Apr 16, 2020 11:43 AM

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Posted on Apr 17, 2020 10:20 AM

Thank you for your response. I started with the easiest approaches ( booting up in safe mode and then rebooting in normal mode, updating iMovie, etc), but with no luck. I finally decided to upgrade my OS to Catalina, which then prompted another upgrade in iMovie for the App Store. This fortunately seems to have taken care of the problem.

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Apr 17, 2020 10:20 AM in response to Rich839

Thank you for your response. I started with the easiest approaches ( booting up in safe mode and then rebooting in normal mode, updating iMovie, etc), but with no luck. I finally decided to upgrade my OS to Catalina, which then prompted another upgrade in iMovie for the App Store. This fortunately seems to have taken care of the problem.

Apr 16, 2020 12:22 PM in response to LLK5440

Hi,


The Compressor Kit Error message has been reported with increasing frequency

of late. No universal fix so far, although lately users with the problem have

been able to fix it by updating/upgrading iMovie and, if necessary, the

operating system.  Also sometimes

successful is starting up in Safe Mode (see Finder menu for instructions) and

then after everything loads immediately shutting down and rebooting in normal

mode.


Here's a link, though older, that describes what others have tried with the

Compressor Kit Error:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8265338


There may be some proposed solutions in the above link that will work for

you.


All else failing, try calling Apple Support. The techs there are very savvy

and also have the capability of remotely accessing your computer. Click on the

Contact Support item in the upper right hand corner of this screen and navigate

to a place where you can provide your telephone number so that Apple Support

can call you back. I think that the file path is Contact Support/Mac OS/Applications/iMovie,

or something like that.


Good luck with this. If you have time, post back with your results, as it

may assist others who have this perplexing issue.


-- Rich

Cannot save a completed project to file in iMovie

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