iMovie

[shimunna]

i got a macbook pro from my friend. it's quite old, from 2007 or something. i'm trying to learn to use it properly. today i was trying to edit a video in imovie. it's a 4 minute video but i need just the first 1:30 minutes. i trimmed it but i can't save the video. how can i do it?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

What iMovie version do you have?

To find out the version number of an application,

either switch to that application and go to the
Menu Bar > "Application Name" > About "Application Name" (Finder is used in below screenshot guide)

clicking above image will get a more detailed screenshot​

or go to the Applications folder in Finder and use the Get Info window (CMD+I).

this screenshot uses System Preferences as example​

And did you try the SHARE Menu Bar item, if it is there? There is an Export button.

You might even have luck with some of these items.

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[shimunna]

It worked! Thank you SO much!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

It worked! Thank you SO much!

What worked then?

 

[shimunna]

"export to quicktime" worked! now i understand, "export" is like "save" in windows

 

[simsaladimbamba]

"export to quicktime" worked! now i understand, "export" is like "save" in windows

No, it is not. There is still a "Save" and a "Save As" in most Mac OS X applications, and "Saving" means the document/project you work on and "save" is still an editable project/document within the application it was created in, while "exporting" means, that the document/project gets stored in a format, that is no longer editable by the source application and is meant for easier distribution.

 

[shimunna]

err... yeah, that's what i meant