Connecting Sound Sticks to IMAC

Just received Harmon Kardon Soundsticks III for Christmas,however, cannot get them to work on IMAC. What is really concerning is that Apple recommends them for use with IMAC. Is there a patch or driver available. Please help. Thanks!

Apple says that virtually all miniDV tape video cams are compatible with iMovie - but you will need to connect via Firewire. USB will not work. You need a Firewire cable which you can get from the standard suppliers like Belkin. I assume you have a late model iMac which has only a Firewire 800 port so make sure you get the proper cable.
Once you have the camera connected to the iMac, start up iMovie, put your camera on play and then most likely the video import screen will show up. If not, then click on the little camera icon on the lower left side of the iMovie window. You should be able to control your camera from the video import screen.

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