Canon camcorder won't transfer video

Hi everyone,
I have to admit that I'm not the most tech savvy person out there. I bought my first camcorder. It's a Canon Vixia HF 20. I filmed some video and wanted to transfer it to the iMac. I turned on the camcorder and attached the supplied USB cable from the camcorder to the iMac and activated iMovie, but nothing happened. I played with the import option under file but nothing happened as well.
Can anyone help?
Thank you

Your camcorder is fine with iMovie 09. My suggestions are two;
1)Canons sometimes take a little bit of effort to connect. Try disconnecting and then reconnecting your camcorder. Try shutting down iMovie and then turning it back on. I have a Canon hf100 usb camera also and love it. I just put up with the odd frustration of it sometimes not recognizing the connection.
2) Click on the camera icon in the main iMovie interface (middle, extreme left). See if your camera is "seen" my iMovie. If not, try disconnecting and reconnecting the camcorder.
Hugh

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