Can No longer import video on new intel Mac Pro Tower

Help...I am a teacher and my students cannot use our brand new computers to import footage. No problems with old G5. FOr some reason i-movie will not recognize a camera is attached on the new mac pro's
Is there something I am doing wrong. The camera is a cannon GL2 we have been using for years. Tried multiple cables and machines. all have the same issue.

Make sure all of your applications are updated by using the Apple Software updates.
Then, try deleting the imovie preference file. Close Imovie. Then locate a file named com.apple.imovie.plist and get rid of it. Then empty the trash.
Most importantly, after the updates and the deleting, run a permissions repair with disk utility and restart. That may do it. The files you need to delete are found in:
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.imovie.plist
Sue

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Hi, I use iTunes a lot so I very much hope someone can help me quick!!
My set up is a 2 drive (SSD/HD) iMac from last year so in theory I guess I am using an iTunes library on an external drive depite that fact that 2nd drive is in the iMac.
I have added video using Handbrake and EyeTV without issue 1000's of times but (possibly) since the lastest upgrade to iTunes I can't do it anymore.
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