Elements will not 'save' using an iMac

Question

I have used Adobe Prem Elements for some years on a PC....No prob..love it...generally ran smoothly,but recently purchased an iMac- 0S (Mountain Lion)and loaded Mac Elements disks...
Ok probs there but sorted...Getting over probs importing clips from Panasonic FZ200 (AVCHD..and now have elements running smoothly
BUT WHEN I SAVE THE PROJECT...THEN REMOVE THE MEMORY STICK, THE FOOTAGE DOES NOT SAVE.

Answer 1

Alan Arnold,
I am strictly an Elements Windows used so if I am overlooking something please let me know since you have used Windows and Mac and I have only used Windows.
Please confirm what you are saying when you wrote:
BUT WHEN I SAVE THE PROJECT...THEN REMOVE THE MEMORY STICK, THE FOOTAGE DOES NOT SAVE.
Premiere Elements (any version, any platform) has only thumbnails (copies) of the files that are saved to the hard drive location and those copies depend on the linkage from the particular project assets to that hard drive save location.
When say the footage does not save, do you mean:
a. you open and close your project into which you have imported your media and when you reopen the project you get all missing media (Media Offline) representations
or
b. the Mac is not copying the memory stick files to its hard drive for saving?
It sounds to me like you have not saved the memory stick files to the Mac hard drive and that Premiere Elements is recognizing the save location as that memory stick. So, makes that memory stick ("save" location for the files that Premiere Elements recognizes) then the problem.
But I was reluctant to cite the above since you have said that you have Premiere Elements before. However, let us clear up this point so that we do not take anything for granted.
Bottom line: when you are importing your media into the project, how are you doing that and from where?
And, probably should have been first question, "What version of Premiere Elements are you using on the Mac?"
Looking forward to your follow up.
Thanks.
ATR