![]() The Mac will open up an import dialog when you connect the camera and ask if you want to import the video in to iMovie. ![]() ![]() If you do have access to an older Mac ( yours or a friends) let us know the details such as model, OS and iMovie version and we may be able to offer more help. Connect the camera to your Mac via the firewire cable. If you have access to one then import into it and then transfer footage over to your new Mac. Not only that but the older OS's and older versions of iMovie seem to handle the import of mini DV more successfully. Jan, above, mentions using an older Mac with it's own FireWire ports. Trouble is that you won't know until you have spent around $80 or £80 for adapters. Having to use 3 cables can't help either.Some have success. Some say it imports with no audio and some say no video or audio. Importing mini DV into recent Macs seems to be met with varying success. The FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter is this at around $29 or£29.Īs your Mac has USB C ports then you will need yet another adapter, a Thunderbolt to USB C adapter at around $49 or £49.Īs far as I am aware there is not an adapter that can go straight from FireWire to USB C so there will be 3 cables in all from cam' to Mac. You may already have the 4 pin to 9 pin FireWire cable. The driver is obviously obsolete given that the only listed support is for PPC based Macs. The link that Rich supplied talks of FireWire to Thunderbolt adapters. For Macintosh OS: Mac OS X v 10.1 X v 10.3 CPU: iMac, iBook or Power Book G4, Power Mac G4 or Power Mac G5 RAM: 64 MB or more The USB equipment operates with the driver installed as standard in OS.
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