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stony · Nov 10, 2007, 09:11 PM

I just purchased a JVC GZ-MG155U and am trying to get my mac to see it. The manual states that you just hook it up and the Everio_hdd icon will show up on my desktop.

It doesn't seem to be doing that. I have tried to get my mac to see it trying both USB and a Firewire but it still won't show up. Restarted - yes.

Any ideas?

Big Mac · Nov 10, 2007, 09:31 PM

Hard drive based camcorders don't work very well on Macs. Does the product list Mac compatibility explicitly?

stony · Nov 10, 2007, 09:36 PM

Yes, I got the list directly from the apple site. That is exactly how I chose this camera.

iMovie ’08 Camcorder Support

It's actually the list that shows compatibility with ilife 08

Big Mac · Nov 10, 2007, 10:06 PM

Does Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility) see it?

stony · Nov 10, 2007, 10:10 PM

no it doesn't.

stony · Nov 10, 2007, 10:16 PM

Just figured it out. The manual says to make sure the power is off on the camera. I turned on the power and chose direct backup and wallah.

thanks,

Big Mac · Nov 10, 2007, 10:33 PM

Cool, glad you figured it out.