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by a brody,★HelpfulNov 7, 2015 10:55 AM in response to confusedinmontana
a brody
Nov 7, 2015 10:55 AM
in response to confusedinmontana
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Classic Mac OSiMovie supports many a camcorder. You may want to enquire on the iMovie forum.
Also there Professional video products that have their own forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2463
Depending on your MacBook Air model, you may already have an SDXC slot. There are many USB SDXC adapters. If you have thunderbolt, you can adapt to Firewire and Firewire camcorders.
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Nov 7, 2015 10:59 AM in response to a brodyby confusedinmontana,a brody,
Thank you for your prompt, helpful response.
I do have a slot on my MacBook Air for a SDXC memory card. I do not (at present) feel the need to use iMovie, but rather archive my videos (a history project) on my 2 TB external hard drive.
Using MacBook Air, mid 2012, OS X El Capitan, v. 10.11
confusedinmontana
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Nov 7, 2015 3:28 PM in response to confusedinmontanaby a brody,Just understand whatever you archive as, it should be a common format that is used by most software like MPEG-4. The other thing to consider is you should always have at least two copies of your data at all times. An archive can fail with time.
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Nov 7, 2015 3:31 PM in response to confusedinmontanaby BobHarris,Not sure if it was clear, but if you can mount your SDXC memory card, you just drag and drop the movie from the SDXC card to the external disk where you want to archive the file which out converting it.