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Jayne Miller Posted on Jul 31, 2007

Download digital video to Mac

I have a Panasonic Camcorder, model PV-GS19. I have a digital tape of video shot at a wedding and I need to download it to my Mac (OS X). A Panasonic tech told me to buy a firewire cable, connect it to the camera and then to my Mac and the icon should appear on my desktop. I just spent $45 for this cable, hooked it all up, but the icon doesn't appear on my desktop. Are there certain settings I need to set on the camera before I can download this video? Thank you. Jayne

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  • Jayne Miller Jul 31, 2007

    I am running OS X.4.9 already

  • Anonymous Nov 11, 2007

    Open up IMOVIE and click on the transfer button. It should work. I bought a cable for less than $2 on Amazon.com and it works great.

  • Anonymous Jan 06, 2009

    same thing but i can get the pictures just not the video, off either the tape or the SD card. searched for drivers but nothing for MacBook Pro....or OS X......grrrrr........



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Here is a link to Panasonic's support page for this device. http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Cameras-Camcorders/Camcorders/MiniDV-Camcorders/model.PV-GS19
You can download the operation manual from this page. It is in PDF format so you will need adobe reader to open it. You can download that here:http://get.adobe.com/reader/
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http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Cameras-Camcorders/Camcorders/Other-Camcorders/model.PV-GS19
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you can download it here : http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Cameras-Camcorders/Camcorders/MiniDV-Camcorders/model.PV-GS19

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note: copy and paste the link to your internet browser address bar and enter.
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