The SD card will appear on your desktop as a hard drive icon.
You can directly insert the camcorder SD card to the SD card slot on Mac. If your camcorder is incompatible with Mac and you fail to connect it to Mac via FireWire cable, you can do it alternatively.
Part 2: How to Fix "Fail to Connect Camcorder to Mac" Issue? If you want to transfer photos from camcorder, open iPhoto instead. Turn on your cam, and after a few seconds, iMovie will be opened automatically įollow the on-screen instruction on the Mac and transfer the cam video to iMovie. Power off your camcorder and plug the camcorder into your Mac via a proper FireWire cable For these camcorders, you can follow simple steps to have them connected to your Mac: Practically speaking, many camcorders from Cannon, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and JVC have been included in the Apple’s list.
To check whether your cam is compatible with Mac or not, you can read the documentation that came with your cam to see the requirement of the camcorder – some manufacturers required you to install software to access to the cam on your computer.
Therefore, if you notice that a new version of the Sony RAW Driver driver is available, you should install it immediately.Yes, it is possible for Mac users to connect their camcorder to Mac. Manufacturers from time to time issue new versions of the Sony RAW Driver software, repairing the errors they find that may cause problems with the Sony devices.
Without current Sony RAW Driver drivers there is a greater risk of the device malfunction, of the reduction in security, and there is a possibility of the total damage of the Sony device. It is very important that the Sony devices connected to your computer had their current drivers installed. The update of the Sony device driver which is not working properly After the installation of the Sony RAW Driver driver, the device should work properly. Just download the Sony RAW Driver driver and start the installation (keeping in mind that the Sony device must be at the same time connected to the computer). This solution may seem more complicated - but it is nothing further from the truth. To make sure, disconnect now and reconnect the Sony device again, and maybe this time the driver will be downloaded. It is worth noting that in order for the automatic update to work, the computer must be connected to the Internet (perhaps when connecting the Sony device the computer temporarily did not have the Internet connection or a WiFi signal was weak making it impossible to download the Sony RAW Driver driver). If the "UPDATE" feature was disabled, the Sony RAW Driver driver could not be installed.
It is the automatic update feature that is responsible for the installation of the Digital Camera, Webcam Sony drivers on your computer. If this has not happened, you should take the following steps:ġ. My device has not been properly installed - what should I do?Īfter connecting a new Sony device to your computer, the system should automatically install the Sony RAW Driver driver.