Imovie does not recognize my Canon Vixia HF R10 camcorder.

I cannot seem to get my Mac (OS X 10.6.8) or IMovie11 to recognize my Canon Vixia HF R10 camcoder so that I may download the movies I've taken.
I have successfully donloaded movies from this camcoder in the past but for some reason it is not working now. When I direct the camcoder to connect with the computer, two externa; drive icons show up on my desktop, "No Name" and "Canon." Clicking on either one doesn't help either.
I've also tried to download the movies by taking the storage card out and placing it in a card reader also attached a usb port.....nothing.
Furthermore, Iphoto comes on automatically.
Can someone please help? Thanks.

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