Camcorder will not connect to iMac...

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Camcorder will not connect to iMac...

Okay, so I have a Canon ZR900 that is compatible with Mac or PC, it just has to be connected by Firewire. I just bought a new chord for this, It's a Rocketfish 9-pin to 4-pin cable. Thought everything was going to work out fine, until my computer wouldn't recognize that it was plugged in. I looked around for solutions for a very long time, nothing worked. I have one Firewire port, I normally have my music interface connected through that, which works fine, but when I plug this in, it doesn't work at all. When I click on Firewall in my System Profiler, it says "Unable to list Firewire devices" but when I plug my music interface, it gives me all the info and no problem at all. Although this cable could be bad, i'm not really leaning toward that direction because it's brand new. Let me know what you think! My computer info is: Mac OS X version 10.5.8, Processor - 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

Posted on Mar 13, 2012 2:58 PM

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rkaufmann87

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Mar 13, 2012 3:03 PM in response to 30stmfriend

You didn't mention what app you are using to import however I'm going to guess iMovie 2008 which is what came with your system. If that is the case here is a list of compatible cameras.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1014

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30stmfriend Author

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Mar 13, 2012 3:20 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Yes, i'm using iMovie. I do not see it in the list of compatible camcorders, although I have read quite a few times that this camcorder does work with iMovie. Even if it's not compatible, it should still show up on my computer, so I find this very weird.

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