I plug in my gopro 4 to my iMac and Iphoto opens with some of the content from it. I want iMovie to open with it instead but I cannot get iMovie to recognize my gopro at all. Any suggestions? I have iMovie 09' and it is compatible with the gopro 4 silver. My OS 10.6.8 will not support the gopro studio or else I would just use it. Please help.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Try downloading your GoPro video files as files with the Finder. When you connect your GoPro (or take out the SD card and put it in a card reader) it should appear as an external drive in the Finder and you can copy the files into a folder of your choice. These should then be accessible to iMovie for import.
Geoff.
I can import the video files to imovie from iphoto but it is many steps & I was just wondering if there was a way to have the gopro open with imovie vs iphoto? Like, is there a setting that can be changed on either the mac or the camera to open straight into imovie? How/why is it opening straight into iphoto?
Yes, I think so. If you launch the Image Capture application, then connect your GoPro you should see a box at the bottom left of the Image capture window which allows you to set which application (or none) opens when your GoPro is connected. Try setting the application to iMovie. Details here:
http://mac-fusion.com/image-capture-just-wont-stop-opening-when-i-connect-my-cam era/
Geoff.
How to get iMovie to open with gopro instead of iPhoto?
