iMovie won't play on Quick Time Player or transfer to YouTube after saving on macOS Sequoia 15.5

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iMovie won't play on Quick Time Player or transfer to YouTube after saving on macOS Sequoia 15.5

I have been exporting from iMovie by clicking on Projects, then Share Project, Social Platforms, choosing a resolution, and finally the folder destination. It's worked that way forever and ends up in the right folder with a .mov suffix.

I've just gone through the above steps and tried to play the video and got this message: The document Day 1961 Final - 1080WebShareName.mov” could not be opened. The file isn't compatible with Quick Time Player.

iMac 27″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Jul 24, 2025 3:38 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 15, 2025 6:48 AM in response to Bermondsey

What do MediaInfo or Invisor say about the .mov video and audio codecs and other specs?

p.s. I have used only the "old" iMovie v1-6 so I'm not familiar with the current version.

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Bermondsey Author

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Aug 15, 2025 7:31 AM in response to Matti Haveri

Hi Matti

Thank you for getting back to me on this.

I followed some guides about what I should do, which I did and got it working again. But it still keeps happening so I 'Force Quit' iMovie (as it won't close on its own), restart the Mac, and that seems to do it.

I can't explain that but it seems to work, so it'll do me until something else goes wrong.

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