topic Re: Canon vixia in Camcorders

Canon vixia

jamboozel — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:09:34 GMT

Hi there. I have a canon vixia hf M300 which has worked well with my mac mojave OS. I now need to upgrade to monteray os. Will my camera work with this system?

Re: Canon vixia

kvbarkley — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:04:00 GMT

I assume it is Firewire? I can get videos off my Sony. However, note that the software to pull it off is getting rarer and rarer, Adobe no longer supports it.

Re: Canon vixia

jamboozel — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:38:05 GMT

I use a usb output from my Canon to the back of my mac 27'' monitor. I don't think that is firewire. Apple has stopped supporting the Mojave operating system and wants me to upgrade to Monterey which is 64 bytes.(if I recall correctly). My main concern is whether my Canon can run this new Apple upgrade. Can it? If not, I will need to purchase a new system.

Re: Canon vixia

kvbarkley — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:42:53 GMT

It depends on which software you use. Obviously, the hardware won't change if you go to Monterey. You could always put Mojave on a bootable clone and boot to that when you want to use the camera, while using Monterey for everything else.

There is no pressing need to switch. My wife is still on Mojave since she is loathe to move from iPhoto.

Re: Canon vixia

jamboozel — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:19:57 GMT

Thanks very much for your reply! it was very helpful (especially about the fact of no pressing need to switch). I like the idea of a bootable clone, too. Thanks again

JimB