https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Capturing-dv-hdv-to-iMovie-on-a-MAC-with-no-FireWire-port/m-p/286287#M3667 <P>Answered my own question. I happened to pass by an Apple store so l splurged on the thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter, but found it came with 800 mb/s Firewire connector. After I upgraded my 400 mb/s cord, everything worked well with iMovie recognizing both my HV20 (ntsc) and my MP500i (pal) camcorders.</P> Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:09:35 GMT itma 2019-11-10T15:09:35Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Capturing-dv-hdv-to-iMovie-on-a-MAC-with-no-FireWire-port/m-p/285873#M3666 <P>If I buy a Thunderbird-to-FireWire adapter, will iMovie automatically recognize my older HV20 camcorder, or at least, know what to do to capture the DV? I no longer have the DVD that came with the camcorder. I want to save all my tapes to disc so that I get rid of the HV20 and just use my SD card-based device.</P> Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:23:35 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Capturing-dv-hdv-to-iMovie-on-a-MAC-with-no-FireWire-port/m-p/285873#M3666 itma 2019-11-06T01:23:35Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Capturing-dv-hdv-to-iMovie-on-a-MAC-with-no-FireWire-port/m-p/286287#M3667 <P>Answered my own question. I happened to pass by an Apple store so l splurged on the thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter, but found it came with 800 mb/s Firewire connector. After I upgraded my 400 mb/s cord, everything worked well with iMovie recognizing both my HV20 (ntsc) and my MP500i (pal) camcorders.</P> Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:09:35 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Capturing-dv-hdv-to-iMovie-on-a-MAC-with-no-FireWire-port/m-p/286287#M3667 itma 2019-11-10T15:09:35Z