Saving exported imovie show to flash drive

I've created an imovie and exported to my desktop. When I drag it to a flash drive, it goes through the process of exporting, but when it's finished, it says it failed. When I click on details, it says the file isn't compatible with Quick Time.

This is brand new....I've done this many times before

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Dec 17, 2020 6:26 AM

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mymary Author

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Dec 17, 2020 6:42 AM in response to mymary

Just in case someone comes across this....I just opened the imovie movie and in Quick Time I exported it to my device and it worked!

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