How to backup canon Vixia HF M2TS to Mac

"Vixia HV30 HDV camera help! Mac and iMovie? I cant get my vixia HD30 HDV canon camera to import any video to my iMovie. ive set the video type to HD-1080i-30 but still nothing. any ideas on how to fix this?" "I cannot get my mac to recognize my new Canon Vixia hf200 video camera. How do I get it to import my videos? I have a mac tiger, 10.4. My imovie is '07. The Canon is HD and connects through USB."

Have a lot of Canon Vixia camcorder videos but plan to play or edit Canon Vixia M2TS video on Mac OS X? In this article, we will mainly introduce a perfect solution for transferring Canon Vixia M2TS video footage to Mac, then editing Canon Vixia video in iMovie, FCP, etc.

Canon Vixia camcorder always uses AVCHD format, which utilizes MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression and has two file extensions .mts or .m2ts. When you finish photography, the first thing you should do is transfer the Canon Camcorder MTS video to Mac for backup or playback. Follow the tips to easily backup your shooting.

1: Turn on your camcorder and make sure your camcorder is set to the right mode to import videos or photos.

2: Connect camcorder to Mac with USB cable(a 6 pin or 4 pin cable), insert smaller four-pin end of the FireWire cable into the the FireWire port of the camcorder and the the larger six pin end, and insert it into the FireWire port of your Mac.

3: Your Mac will automatically launch iMovie, So you can review your video or select "Import All", and make sure your camcorder is set to "Automatic".

Notes: Not all the models of Canon Vixia camcorder can be recognized by iMovie. Some of them are partially supported with Video stabilization limitations or jittery playback. Anyway, there is a professional program designed for Canon Vixia camcorder users to transfer or edit Canon Vixia M2TS video in a safe and efficient way.

Mac Canon Vixia Video Converter is assuredly the easiest and quickest way for Canon camcorder owner to convert HD M2TS or MTS to Mac-compatible formats like MOV, MPEG4, etc. Meanwhile, it has various optimized presets for editing applications like Final Cut Express, FCP or iMovie; portable devices like iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Classic, iTouch, BlackBerry, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, etc.

Besides, Canon Vixia Video Converter for mac is also an easy HD video editor to edit HD video on Mac by cropping HD video to remove unwanted sides or area, trimming HD video length to capture clips from your HD video files, editing video effects such as brightness and contrast, applying special effects etc.