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I have an older JVC Everio. I have probably had it for 3 or 4 years. I don't exactly remember. Anyway, I have always used Dell products and they were tough to download videos to as well. What my issue is is that I have a Free Agent External Hard Drive with all my video files saved in the JVC .MOD format. When I open iMovie (version 7.1.1) and try to import the files from the external hard drive it doesn't even recognize these files as video files. I am no computer wizard (maybe that is obvious) and I could really use some basic help. I want to love this machine. I bought it for the video/photo capabilities. I shoot a Canon XTi 10.2 Rebel and have about 10,000 photos saved on the same external hard drive. I am looking forward to learning how to do this, but could use some much needed advice!!
Thanks!
Hoov

I believe this is what you want.
And, here's another: MPEG Streamclip .
The Cyberlink Prodirector software that came with the CamCorder or is available from JVC will also convert to other formats, but it isn't a Mac compatible program.
And, this site outlines how to import the files into iMovie.
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