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As you know, iMovie is a world-famous video editing software application designed by Apple Inc. It can be used on devices running macOS, iOS, or iPadOS. It’s very disappointing that you can’t play iMovie files on any Windows device. So Windows users would ask - can I export iMovie to MP4. Yes, you can and MiniTool will show you the detailed steps to do that.

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What Is iMovie

  • Disk Management is a built-in tool in Windows that can be used to manage internal/external disks. It also allows you to create and format a partition. Format A New Partition: Step 1. Right-click 'This PC' and choose 'Manage'. Go to 'Disk Management'. Right-click the unallocated space on your hard disk and choose 'New Simple Volume'.
  • Hey everyone, how's it going? In this one were looking at how to partition a hard drive within Windows 10 using a utility called Minitool Partition Wizard.
  • Please go to Utilities → Disk Utility. Then, select the external hard drive and click ' Partition ' tab on the top. Now, find the FAT32 partition and format it to OS X Extended (Journaled), which is the desired HFS+. Finally, click ' Apply ' button to make all changes performed.

If you are an Apple fan, you must be familiar with iMovie, which is a video editing application designed by Apple for its devices running macOS, iOS, or iPadOS. The slogan for iMovie is “Turn your videos into movie magic”, which means this app can help you create a stunning custom movie easily by using the videos and clips you have. You can start the video editing work on one Apple device and then pause it for some reason; after a while, you can pick it up on the same device or use another device to continue and even finish the work.

What Video Format Does iMovie Support

Many people are asking for help online for solutions to export iMovie to MP4. You may be strange when looking at this since iMovie says it supports MP4. You’ll be wondering what file formats do iMovie really support. Let’s talk about them in detail. Knowing the supported video formats helps you understand what types of files you can import to iMovie and what you can export from iMovie.

What are the supported iMovie import formats?

  • DV & HDV: DV, the full name is digital video, refers to the format to store digital videos recorded by common camcorders. In contrast, HDV refers to the format to record high-definition video on DV cassette tape. For a long time, HDV is an affordable high definition format for digital camcorders. The DV or HDV videos are usually uncompressed or only compressed with a lossless format.
  • MPEG-4 (.mp4): MPEG-4 is also known as MPEG4 part 14 or MP4; it’s a multimedia format to store both video and audio data. Besides, it can also save subtitles and even still images. This is a good choice for iMovie if you want a video with a smaller size than DV/HDV.
  • MPEG-2: also known as H.222/H.262, MPEG-2 is a standard for “the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information”. This format is used widely by digital television videos and videos saved on DVDs. (What if your Windows Media Player won't play DVD?)
  • QuickTime Movie (.mov): as the name suggests, the QuickTime Movie is the default video format used by QuickTime. One or more tracks can be contained in this format and what’s amazing is that each track can store various types of data: audio, video, or text (e.g. for subtitles).
  • AVCHD: the full name of AVCHD is Advanced Video Coding High Definition, which is a file-based video format. It’s used on high definition consumer camcorders & cameras to record and play high-definition videos. The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 is used to compress video data of AVCHD files while the Dolby Digital/Linear PCM system was used to compress audio data.
  • M4V: M4V is a MPEG-4 video container format designed by Apple and used in iTunes Store. It's very similar to MP4, but they are not the same. M4V is one of the good choices for iMovie. (What is M4V, how to open it, and convert M4V to MP3?)

What are the supported iMovie export formats?

  • DV & AIC: AIC stands for Apple Intermediate Codec, which is an intermediate format used in an HDV and AVCHD workflow. The size of DV files and AIC files are large, but they keep the high quality.
  • QuickTime Movie (.mov): as the default video and audio format used in QuickTime, the MOV is also a supported export format from iMovie.
  • AAC: the full name of AAC is Advanced Audio Coding, which is used for lossy digital audio compression. When compared to MP3, AAC has higher sound quality at the same bit rate. It’s no wonder AAC is considered the successor of the MP3 format.
  • JPEG: JPEG is a format adopted widely by still images. However, it can also be used in videos exported from iMovie. Though its size is only half of the normal video files, it has high output quality.
  • MP4: MP4 is also known as MPEG-4 part 14, which is a digital multimedia container format that is used frequently to store audio, video, subtitles, and still images.

Does iMovie Support Mp4

The fact is only the MP4 files that use MPEG-4 or H.264 codec can be supported by iMovie. If there are any other kinds of codes used in your MP4 file, iMovie won’t give support to it. That’s why iMovie says it supports MP4 files but users can’t import their MP4 videos sometimes. In this case, you can convert the MP4 videos to iMovie-compatible format before importing.

What about the best iMovie video formats and audio formats?

  • If the resolution of the source videos is under 720p, the best iMovie video format is Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) with an extension of .mov.
  • If the resolution of the source videos is 720p or higher, the best iMovie video format is HD 720p AIC or HD 1080p AIC with an extension of .mp4.

How to Save iMovie as MP4

You can export the iMovie projects you’ve made or export your videos edited by iMovie easily. The file will be saved to a location you choose on the computer and it will appear as a .mp4 file if you’re using iMovie 10. However, this MP4 file is not the same as your other normal MP4 files; it’s actually a .mp4 file that uses the same codecs that can be found in a .mov container.

Note: If you shared at Best Quality (pro res), the video will be saved as a .mov file.

In the following content, I’ll show you how to export iMovie to MP4, how to save the iMovie project as a .mov file, and how to convert MOV to MP4 one by one.

iMovie to MP4 Mac

How to Open iMovie on Mac

  1. Open Finder on your Mac as usual.
  2. Select Applications from the list.
  3. Look for the iMovie icon (a purple star with a video camera icon inside) and press on it.

How to Create a New Project

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  1. Shift to the Projects tab at the top of the software.
  2. Click on the Create New button (represented by an add icon in the middle).
  3. Select Movie to get the greatest amount of freedom to edit videos later.
  4. You can also select Trailer so that to insert your video footage into various pre-set editing and transition filters.

How to Import Video to iMovie

  1. Shift to the Media tab.
  2. Click on the Import Media button (represented by a down arrow icon).
  3. Browse your drive to find the file you want to import.
  4. After that, you can edit your video in iMovie at will.

Another way to import a file more quickly is: dragging and dropping the file into the iMovie browser.

How to Save iMovie as MP4

The steps to export iMovie to MP4 include:

  1. Navigate to the top right corner of iMovie.
  2. Click on the Export button.
  3. Select Export File or File from the pop-up small window.
  4. Adjust the export settings if you want.
  5. Click Next at the bottom right.
  6. Give a name to the file so that you can recognize it quickly later.
  7. Choose where to save the file on your Mac and click Save.
  8. Wait for the process to finish.

You can also follow this to save an iMovie file:

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Select File from the top menu bar -> navigate to the Share option from the drop-down menu -> select File option from the submenu -> repeat step 4 ~ 8 mentioned just now.

Can you Export iMovie to .mov

Yes, you can. Please follow these steps:

  1. Open iMovie on your computer.
  2. Click on the Export button in the top right corner.
  3. Select Email from the drop-down menu.
  4. Then, your email application will be opened and the clip file will be created in it automatically.
  5. Please right click on this file and choose to save it to the local folder by following the on-screen instructions.
  6. After that, you should go to open the folder to see your .mov file exported from iMovie.

Can you convert iMovie to MP4 in this case? Please find your answer in the content below.

How to Convert MOV to MP4 on Mac & Windows

Convert .mov to MP4 on Mac

When talking about MOV to MP4 Mac, you may first think of QuickTime (the default media player for Mac), right? Yes, using QuickTime Pro for converting MOV to MP4 is a good choice.

  1. Install the QuickTime Pro on your Mac properly.
  2. Register with your account.
  3. Select File from the menu bar.
  4. Choose Open File from the drop-down menu.
  5. Browse your Mac to add the target MOV file to QuickTime.
  6. Click File again and choose Export this time.
  7. Select Movie to MPEG-4 and define where to save the file.
  8. Click Save and wait for the saving process to complete.

Convert .mov to .mp4 on Windows

You’ll be disappointed if you try to play the .mov files on Windows using Windows Media Player. A window will pop up to inform you that Windows Media Player cannot play the file. What should you do at this time? You need a MOV to MP4 converter. The MiniTool Video Converter is ads and antivirus free; it’s a safe tool to try when converting videos & audios.

Tip: You can easily find and download many other converters from the internet. To avoid virus, malware, and file damage after conversion, you should read the relevant information first to understand the security of the software.

How to Convert MOV File to MP4 with MiniTool Video Converter

Step 1: download the software directly by clicking on the button below. You'd better save the software to the drive with much free space left.

Step 2: open the folder that keeps the software and then double click on the vc-setup.exe file to start the installation process.

  • You can click on the blue Install Now button in the middle to install directly.
  • You can also click on the Custom Installation button at the bottom right to select language and Installation Path. Besides, you can choose to Agree to participate in Customer Experience Improvement Program or not.

Step 3: click on the blue Start Now button at the end of the installation to start to convert MOV to MP4.

How to convert .mov to MP4?

  1. Make sure the Video Convert option is selected at the top of the software screen.
  2. Click on the Add Files button in the upper left section or the + icon in the middle.
  3. Navigate to the folder that keeps your MOV file.
  4. Select one or more MOV files that you want to convert and click Open to load them. You can convert multiple items at once.
  5. Navigate to the bottom of the software.
  6. Click on the down arrow after Output to select where you’d like to save the converted file.
  7. Click on the down arrow after Convert all files to to select MP4 with the desired resolution.
  8. Now, click on the blue Convert All button in the lower right corner to start conversion.
  9. Wait until you see the Success notification.
  10. Shift to the Converted tab and click on the Show in folder button after each video to view it.

MiniTool Video Converter can also help you convert other types of videos & audios; it gives support to 1000+ popular output formats. Besides, it can help you download videos and record your screen in easy steps.

Convert .mov to .mp4 Online

There are also a lot of web-based MOV to MP4 converters available for both Mac and Windows users. I’ll introduce some popular ones to you and display the steps to convert MOV to MP4 by using them.

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CloudConvert

  1. Visit CloudConvert's official website.
  2. Click on the red Select File button in the middle.
  3. Browse your computer to select the .mov file and click Open.
  4. You can also click on the down arrow after it to select .mov file by URL, or from Google Drive, Dropbox, & OneDrive.
  5. When your MOV file is loaded, you can click on the down arrow after Convert to. Then, select MP4.
  6. Click on the Convert button and wait for the conversion to finish.

FreeConvert

  1. Go to the MOV to MP4 page of FreeConvert.
  2. Click on the blue Choose Files button in the middle.
  3. Browse and select your MOV file. Then, click Open.
  4. Click on the Convert To MP4 button and wait.

Of course, you can use other online converters like Zamzar and FreeFileConvert.

Please read this page to know how to convert MKV files to MOV on Windows/Mac.

Bottom Line

iMovie is a good tool to play/edit videos and create new video projects for users. However, it can only be used on Apple products. What’s more, the iMovie files are not compatible with some media players people use. That’s why people need to export iMovie to MP4.

This page introduces iMovie first. Then, it shows you how to export iMovie to MP4/.mov. After that, it teaches users how to convert MOV to MP4 on Mac, Windows, or online.

As we know, external hard drives are widely used to backup data or interchange files among different computers. And most external hard disks can be compatible with Mac and PC as long as we format them correctly.

Windows uses NTFS and Mac OS uses HFS is by default that the platforms never run same filesystems, you cannot use a external drive for both Windows PC and Mac as they are not compatible with each other, only if you format the drive correctly.

You must format a hard drive to ExFAT or FAT32 so that it can be read and written to in MacOS and Windows. Both operations provide their built-in Disk Utility or Management to realize format the drive to ExFAT or FAT32. Here today I’d like to recommend a reliable and easy-to-use software - MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Quickly Format External Hard Drive for Mac and PC Without Losing Data

Your external hard drive might have saved lots of files. If you want to share such an external hard drive between Mac and PC, please convert NTFS and HFS+ to FAT32 or exFAT. To do this kind of conversion, I just need a Windows computer, a Mac machine, and a professional partitioning program. For specific steps, please keep reading.

How to Convert NTFS to FAT32 or exFAT Without Data Loss

I suggest using MiniTool Partition Wizard and its 'Convert NTFS to FATS32' function. If you are a personal user, you can try the Professional Edition.

1. Install MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition

2. Convert NTFS to FAT32 with This Software

After running the program successfully, you can see its main interface as follows:

Here, please select the NTFS partition of external hard drive and choose 'Convert NTFS to FAT' feature from the left action pane. If there is more than one NTFS partition, convert all of them one by one.
At last, click 'Apply' button to make the change executed.

You Can Convert NTFS to exFAT in 3 Steps

However, if you want to convert NTFS to exFAT, 3 steps are required.
Step 1: Transfer Data out from External Hard Drive
You can choose to copy and paste those files to other external devices or internal hard disk of Windows, but it will cost much time. Instead, you can use MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition to create a copy for your external drive, which is faster.

If there is only one NTFS partition on external hard drive, refer to the tutorial Copy Partition to get instructions. However, if there is more than one NTFS partition, view Copy Disk to get specific operations.

Step 2: Create exFAT Partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard

Firstly, you need to delete the partition by using this software. Just open the software to enter its main interface. Then, choose the target partition and click 'Delete Partition' from the left action pane. After that, you should click 'Apply' to keep this change.

Secondly, the target partition will become unallocated. Here, you need to choose that partition and click on 'Create Partition' from the left action pane.

Thirdly, you will see a pop-out window. Here, you can choose 'exFAT' from the 'File System' setting option. At the same time, you can also set some other parameters for this partition, including 'Partition Label', 'Drive Letter', 'Size And Location'. After that, please click on 'OK'.

Fourthly, you will go back to the main interface. Then, please click on 'Apply' to save these changes.

Finally, an exFAT partition will be created on your external hard disk so that it could be shared between Mac and Windows PC

Step 3: Transfer Data back to External Drive

If you want to share files that you have backed up between Mac and PC, now please transfer these files back to external hard drive.

How to Convert HFS+ to FAT32 or exFAT without Losing Data

Step 1: Backup Data in HFS+ Partition on Mac

Just transfer all useful files out from the external hard drive to other devices on Mac. Of course, if you have a backup already, ignore this step.

Step 2: Create a FAT32 or exFAT Partition on Windows PC

Some people may ask why create such partitions on Windows rather than Mac. That is because there are cases reporting FAT32 (MS-DOS) or exFAT partitions created on Mac did not work well on Windows.
Please skip to Solution 1: Format External Hard Drive to FAT32 to get steps to create a FAT32 partitions or go back to Step 2: Create exFAT Partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard to get operations to create an exFAT partition.

How to Make an Empty External Drive Compatible with Mac and PC

If there is no file saved on your external hard drive, it's very easy to share it among Windows and Mac, and I also need a Windows computer, a Mac machine, and the free partition manager MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition.
There are 3 solutions for this case, so please choose the one you like most.

Solution 1: Format External Hard Drive to FAT32

Since users are unable to create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB in Windows Disk Management, they need to use MiniTool Partition Wizard Free.

Firstly, open the software to enter its main interface as follows. Here, please select the NTFS partition or HFS+ partition of external hard drive, and click 'Delete Partition' feature from the left action pane. If there are multiple partitions on the external disk, please select the disk and click 'Delete All Partitions' feature instead. After that, an unallocated space will be released.

Secondly, you can create one or more FAT32 partitions in unallocated space. Select the unallocated space and choose 'Create Partition' feature from the left side.

Then, you should choose 'FAT32' from the 'File System' option in the pop-out window. Meanwhile, you can set properties for this new partition and click 'OK' to go back to the main window of Partition Wizard.

At last, click 'Apply' button to make all changes performed.

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Solution 2: Format External Hard Disk to exFAT

Firstly, please delete the NTFS or HFS+ partition in either MiniTool Partition Wizard or Windows Disk Management to release unallocated space. Then, you can create an exFAT partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition by following steps introduced in the section Step 2: Create exFAT Partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard .
Once a FAT32 or exFAT partition is created on your external hard drive, you can share it on both Mac and Windows PC.

Solution 3: Create One HFS+ Partition for Mac and One NTFS Partition for Windows

Alternatively, you can create 2 partitions on the external hard drive: one is for Mac, and the other is for Windows. As to size for each partition, it depends on your own demands.

Step 1: Create a NTFS Partition and a FAT32 Partition
Please run MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition, then delete all the original NTFS or HFS+ partition(s), and create a new NTFS partition as well as a FAT32 partition, and the latter will be formatted to HFS+ in Mac machine.

Then, select the external hard drive and choose 'Delete All Partitions' to create an unallocated space.

Here, select the unallocated space and choose 'Create Partition' feature from the left action pane.

Now, please specify partition label (Windows is recommended), partition type (primary or logical), drive letter, file system (NTFS), cluster size, and partition size (you can change the length of the handle to adjust partition size). Then, click 'OK' to continue.

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Now, you can see a NTFS partition is created. Please use the same way to create a FAT32 partition labeled with Mac. At last, click 'Apply' button to make all changes performed.

Step 2: Format the FAT32 Partition to HFS+ Partition on Mac
Please go to Utilities → Disk Utility to get the window below:

Then, select the external hard drive and click 'Partition' tab on the top.

Now, find the FAT32 partition and format it to OS X Extended (Journaled), which is the desired HFS+. Finally, click 'Apply' button to make all changes performed.

After NTFS partition and HFS+ partition are created on your external hard drive, it can be shared between Mac and Windows PC.

If you want to use external hard drive formatted with NTFS on Mac, you'll need to install programs that let you use your NTFS drive on your Mac. If you want to use an external drive formatted with HFS+ on Windows PC, you'll need to install programs that let you get read and write access to HFS+ partition on Windows PC. MiniTool Partition Wizard should be a good choic of all options.

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