help! My Mac g5 is not seeing my Cannon

help! My Mac g5 is not seeing my Cannon Zr850 when I plug it inand neither Apple nor cannon can figure it out!

Hi, Eve.
If You haven't yet, first its a good idea to update your operating system to Mac OSX 10.4.4. or better.

Instructions to connecting your Canon to your G5:

SD Memory Card:
For downloading photos from your SD memory card, connect your the ZR850 to your Mac via USB. You can use iPhoto to import photos from the ZR850

MiniDV tape:
To download/playback your video footage from the ZR850 to your Mac you will need to connect it via firewire(1394a). The firewire cable are not normally included, you can purchase one locally such as BestBuy. You will need to get a 4pin-6pin firewire cable, 3-6 feet long is fine. Once you have connected the camcorder to the firwire port, it will not show up on the desktop like an external drive. So, you will need to open the iMovie software, then turn the ZR850 to VTR(play back mode) and iMovie Will detect it. You will have the choice to download or just view the footage. I recommend to first view your video footage because it takes some time to download. iMovie will have play back buttons at bottom of the screen window which allows you to control the play back functions of the camcorder through iMovie.

HI,

Thank you for the information. I have done all of that and it is still not seeing it! It's very frustrating!

thanks
Eve

HI,

I just did it again using the IMovie and it worked! Holy man! You are a genius!

thanks!
Eve

eve.
Keep-in-mind, when your camcorder is connected to your Mac, make sure that the ZR850 is plugged in to your A/C power adapter and you don't operate it on battery supply. The A/C power will assure a much more stable current and video transfer.

thanks!

Pierre! I'm in the same boat as Eve.

>To download/playback your video footage from the ZR850 to your Mac you will need to connect it via firewire(1394a).

I did that. When it didn't work the first time, I replaced the cable.

>Once you have connected the camcorder to the firwire port, it will not show up on the desktop like an external drive. So, you will need to open the iMovie software,
I've done that
>then turn the ZR850 to VTR(play back mode) and iMovie Will detect it.

It did last week, but it won't now.

>By now you must have already noticed there is a switch on the lower left side of the iMovie window screen with an icon showing a camcorder and a pair of scissors. The scissors must be selected when editing or viewing downloaded footage,

It is -- and iMovie still is telling me "No Camera Attached".

I'm running iMovie HD 6.0.3 on Mac OS 10.4.9 . My processor is a 1HGz Power PC G4.

I also tried it on a different G4 running iMovie 4.0 on Mac OS 10.4.3 -- same results -- "No Camera Attached".

Ideas????

It might help -- on the Canon's screen it's flashing "DV-IN." I can't find a reference to that in the manual.
Again -- ideas? Anyone?

Follow the same procedures, if iMovie does not recognize the camcorder, then keep your camcorder plugged in, then quit and re-start iMovie.

Always double check and make sure the cable is properly connected, you can try jiggling the cables when it indicates that its not being recognized.

I quit iMovie. Restarted it. Nothing. I started the entire Mac from a cold start. Nothing.
I rebooted the camera from a cold start, including removing the backup battery. Nothing.
I changed cables and jiggled them. Zilch.
I changed Macs, restarting iMovie. Zilch. Restarted Mac No. 2.
Have I done enough to prove it's a hardware problem with the camera, or must I do more?

Try browsing the complete camcorder menu for options both in the playback mode and the record mode, just to make sure something is not selected or unselected that may cause the cam fromnot being recognized.