Canon Vixia HF R200 uploading to imac?

Having problems uploading Video to IMovie version 6.0.....imac running 10.6.8
I am assuming I need to get a later version of IMovie?
all movies are greyed out... file format of clips from the camcorder is .mts
Thanks in advance.

Nono, I didn't explain properly.
I can import the FILES from the camera no problem. What I want to do is hook the camera up to the Mac WHILE recording and see what the camera is recording as well as (ideally) capture the video in-app. You can do this in iMovie with certain model cameras, it's just that this one isn't among the compatible models.

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Hello kwhite,
While the camcorder itself and the Canon utilities are supported by us directly, the use of iMovie and other Mac native applications are not. It must be frustrating to run into this issue and we apologize for any inconvenience that you've experienced, but support for iMovie is done through Apple directly. I may recommend contacting them directly to see if they can assist you with iMovie.
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the camcorder has an HDMI out on the camera . but my new iMac does not have an HDMI port. Do I need to get a cable that will allow me to have the HDMI output out of the camcorder and input to the iMac via firewire..... please reply ASAP, because if i can't use this Canon camcorder to put in HD video to my iMac than I want to return this product to a iMac compatible camcorder....
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