How to save an iMovie project to a file

You created your own movie in iMovie but you can't figure it out how to save the darn thing into a playable .mp4 file on your hard drive. I've been there, let me show you how to do that.

To save your iMovie project into a playable file like .mp4, click the Share button above (see picture) ...

... and choose File.

You can select the size you want your movie to save in ...

... when you select a certain size, see the file size changing (see picture).

Bigger the size of the movie, better will the quality be but at the same time, it will take more space on your hard drive, and will take longer if you want to upload it some where or even send it via email to someone.

When done choosing the movie size, click Next...

Click the more option down arrow button (see picture).

Choose the folder on your mac, where you want you movie saved, and click Save.

Wait for the process to finish and when done you should find your movie file in the folder you chose in the previous step.