AVCHD content

Can anyone tell me what happens when I from a CD card coppy AVCHD BDMV vidoe into a directory on my Macbook (0S 10.8.4). Then I can import AVCHD in FCPX and it works, but if I coppy the same file to an external disk(OSX format) I can'nt import it to FCPX ??

I'm having the same issue, and the problem is there is NO folder structure with the new Mac IOS.  Older Macs recognize two folders -- AVCHD and AVF_INFO, and inside the AVCHD folder is another folder, named BDMV, inside of which is the AVCHD media file.  The new Macbook Pro doesn't see ANY folders -- just one media file named AVCHD.  WHen you try importing this into Premiere, you can see the clips but there are error messages for each clip saying something like "format not recognized," and even if you save the project, if you close and reopen it, the clips come up offline and cannot be reconnected.
But the main point is the new OS does NOT SEE ANY FOLDER STRUCTURE, while older Macs DO see the proper folder structure.

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