re: Moving video files to a Mac

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Thanks bud.

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Sorry, it wasn't a knock directed at you, just an observation on the state of tech knowledge in the world.


But if you want to edit those MTS files with iMovie, then I think you will need a converter app as your initial googling pointed you toward. Either that, or plug the camera (I assume these files are from a video camera?) into the computer and use iMovie to import the video, which will convert them for you. The AVI files you can just copy them with Finder and play them with any video app.


Edit: I re-read your post, and I think you have been doing the import via iMovie as I mentioned, but you think it's hard on the computer. Yeah, converting video is a very intensive process. Maybe you can check your camera settings to see if it will save directly to a more common format that most video apps can handle.