Anyone aware of a tape drive solution for the iMac?

I have transitioned to an all digital video workflow and use an Intel based iMac as my editing system. Since I no longer use the mini-dv tapes, I need to find a reliable storage solution to archive my original footage. I believe LTO tapes to be my best bet. I'm having trouble finding an external tape drive to work with my iMac because I don't have a SCSI interface on my iMac or can't locate a tape drive with a Firewire or Thunderbolt interface. Any suggestions?

In the past I used Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac - VHS to DVD Conversion Mac Software, but that was back in Leopard/Snow Leopard and I don't see support for Lion.
Another thing that also worked well for getting those old mini vhs tapes into the iMac. Was to connect either the tape camcorder or the video tape in a mini tape adapter up to a standard DVD recorder and burn a DVD that could be imported into iMovie or your video software.

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Hi there,
Depending on the age of your iMac, this may be possible. I have included a couple of links that I would recommend taking a look at below.
Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3924
Mac notebooks: How to use your computer in closed clamshell (display closed) mode with an external display
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3131
-Griff W.

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which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
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(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
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Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
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We have get image from Source folder and put silo path & Moved to Finalwork folder.
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Hi
After upgrading to iPhoto 5.0.2 I also had the "Error: -50" problem"
How have I solved this problem => also with the help and tips from other forums.
Before the upgrade all my pictures from iPhoto were available on my iPod Photo (30 GB)
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2. What did I do?
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2.4. At least I recreated (manually) all "Key words", Albums, ... so I had a duplicate of my original Library.
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Greetings
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.. well, the whole story took me 2 evenings. I really didn't switched to Mac to play debugger for Apple. Do they read these groups here or do I better write them anywhere? They should get those problems fixed asap! As far as I read in the groups, those errors do exist quite a long time?!
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