iMovie won't export files anymore.

I've been using iMovie for a while without issue. Today, it stopped exporting files. I have enough disk space, I tried resetting the preferences, I even tried seeing if it had the "Compressor Kit" error on console. Nothing. I had Sequoia and it had the issue. So, I updated to Tacoma, still has the issue. It starts working on exporting the file, and then just stops and nothing comes up. I tried with a file I knew had worked before and it had the same issue. The only thing that shows up is a log which shows this:


Event: disk writes

Action taken: none

Writes: 2147.54 MB of file backed memory dirtied over 642 seconds (3346.25 KB per second average), exceeding limit of 24.86 KB per second over 86400 seconds

Writes limit: 2147.48 MB

Limit duration: 86400s

Writes caused: 2147.54 MB

Writes duration: 642s

Duration: 641.78s

Duration Sampled: 641.29s (event starts 0.48s before samples)

Steps: 425 (10.49 MB/step)



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MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Oct 9, 2025 9:15 PM

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iMovie won't export files anymore.

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