We just purchased a Sony DVD Camcorder >>>

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stormypenny


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We know we cannot use the little disc on a Mac, BTW, we have a MacBook, but is there a way to download the disc from the camcorder to the MacBook? The Sony does come with a USB cable. We have not seen it yet because we have not opened the box. Help Please.

Thanks in advance.

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I would try just plugging it straight into your mac with the USB cable and see is it recognized? I know I HAD one and it DIDNT work with my iBook. That would have been an older model thought (about 18 months ago)
 
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MacBook white, 2.0 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 80G HDD, 1G RAM
iMovie will only detect video from a firewire cable. The firewire port is just beside the two USB ports on the left of the MacBook. You'll need to buy a firewire cable and hope it will plug into your camera.
 
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I'd be very surprised if it worked. USB is simply not designed to handle video.

Is there any chance you could take it back and buy a proper MiniDV (tape) camera with a FireWire port?
 

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