I have a new Sony HDR-CX360.  The PMB software included is onl

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Greetings,
For long term headache free use, you may wish to return that camera and buy one that the manufacturer (Sony) indicates is Mac compatible.
Your computer comes with the iMovie program installed which will import from a variety of cameras depending on which version of iMovie you have.  Here is the list of cameras that work with the current version of iMovie '11: http://help.apple.com/imovie/cameras.  The model you indicate is not on the list although models before and after it are.  You could try just opening up iMovie from your Applications folder and see if it can recognize and import from that camera but as it is not on the list of tested cameras, it may or may not work.
If iMovie does not see or cannot import from that camera and you don't want to take it back and get one that is Mac compatible then you will need AVCHD file conversion software to convert each movie you take:
http://www.southpolesoftware.com/iVI/iVI.php
http://shedworx.com/voltaichd
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Turbo264HD-software/product1.e n.html
Hope that helps.

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