Canon Vixia HF G10 problem connecting to iMovie 11

I also believe this camera to be called an FS11, but I am not sure....Using a USB cable to connect the camera to a Mac Book Pro and iMovie does not see the camera...I have not tried the HDMI or Firewire cable....prior discussions on this board indicate getting iMove 08 or later and it working with a USB cable....anybody have any luck?

Found a quick work around....
1. Copy movie from the internal drive to a SD card in the camera
2. Insert card into slot in MacBook Pro
3. Download open source program, HandBrake
4. Convert MTS files to MP4
I have yet to determine if it converted it to Standard Def from High Def.
What was ineresting, QuickTime played the MTS file but iMovie would not recognize it....

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