Mac Compatible? Anyone know for sure whether or not this camera is compatible with Macs/iMovie?
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I've only had the camera a couple of days but it seems to work fine with my Mac when connecting using a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable. I haven't done any exhaustive testing but I've been able to connect and get video into iMovie and Final Cut Express. So so far, so good.
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Thanks, George. I read the description that says the camera is compatible with Mac, but I wanted to know whether the webcam can override the built-in camera.
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It works great on a Mac, right out of the box. I use it with Final Cut Express. I assume it would work with iMovie too, but I haven't tested that out.
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Subject: Re: Y. Callewaert commented on your answer to the question "Being a Mac user, will this camera work with my Mac and iMovie program?"You're welcome. I think the camera is great. Really nice hs pics. I did buy the cannon mike that mounts on top on the shoe and if u have the extra $150 I think it is well worth it audio wiseThe mic is made for the camera. We use it to record our church services so I needed better sound than the built in micDave
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Good question. I have just purchased the camera, because it has a short Mac section in the manual that seems to indicate that it is compatible. However, now that I've used it, i can't move the video to my Mac. Worthless!
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This is my second response to this discussion. I have a 3 year old white macbook, but I upgraded my OS this summer from imovieHD (06) to imovie 09. Trust me, the camera works natively with any imovie from 08 on. You have to open imovie and click on the camera button. If you either connect the camera or use a card reader (which came with my memory card) the files will just be sitting there ready to go, no conversion necessary.
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Yeah as long as your mac has USB, no problems at all. The software that comes with it, won't work. But software that comes with cameras is usually useless anyway
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I have a Mac and the pics and video upload easily and the quality is great. I use iPhoto and iMovie.
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I have a mac with OSX 10.6.8...the camcorder is not compatible with my mac. However, I use both "Quick Time Player" and "HP Photosmart Studio" (I have a hp printer) for my Canon VIXIA HF and they both work great. By the way, this is a fantastic camcorder.
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What mac are you using? I have an older 2.0 Gighz G5 (not intel based) with 10.5.2, imovie and FCE HD. Any issues because its not an intel based mac?
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From reading several other forums, make sure that you have the latest software (upper left apple > software update) for iMovie 08 or 09. I have not yet purchased the camera (waiting for the FS200 due out in April), but I also want to make sure that it will be compatible. Also iMovie HD has been superseded by iMovie 09.
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yes, i just tried it out this weekend. running the latest version of OSX (10.5.2), iMove 08 captures video from the camera via firewire flawlessly. the quality is awesome.
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I have an intel based mac and the hg10 cam. I was unsure weather the cam would work when I bought it. Best buy said it would and told me if it didn't I could bring it back if it didn't. It does work with Imovie8 but DOES NOT work with previous versions of imovie. You must have or purchase Ilife 08 to make the HG10 work with Imovie.I put a first test movie up on utube with the cam and software and it worked perfect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXeFjOfewiI
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Don't know. Mac person. Software is not the main attraction of the camera, which I really like!
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Manual says IMovie '09 is supported. Sorry, I don't know anything about MACs so I don't even know what IMovie is! The software that comes with the camcorder is Windows only.
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Jason,The camera is Mac compatible to Mac OS 10.6-10.7, though we are a PC user.I checked the box to be sure.My husband loves the camera, hope it works for you.Denise
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Thanks for the answers I received. I did find out that with my IMAC (newest version) I was able to use IMOVIE. Works fine.