Feb 12, 2017 - How To Export HD Video in Premiere Pro CC for YouTube and Vimeo. Before I get to my export settings, I need to discuss the sequence. Sep 11, 2017 - An in-depth video showing four great tricks to make Premiere Pro exports faster using. Go to “Sequence Settings,” then “Preview File Format.
I'm a Windows user, but I was under the impression the Mac version has some ProRes presets. When you make the custom preset, keep in mind that the preview render format will be the key piece.
Premiere Pro really only looks at frame rate, size and pixel aspect to set a sequence. To benefit from smart rendering, you would probably want sequence settings with preview renders set up for all the flavors of ProRes you use.422HQ, 4444, etc. The presets that are linked below look as if they're for Media Encoder, so I'm not sure they'll help you.