Importing final edits from miniDV tape

Good afternoon,
I have a bunch final cuts of family movies that I stored on miniDV tape. I would like to import these onto my Mac, but when I do so in iMovie I lose all the edits. Basically, iMovie imports the movie as separate clips.
Is there a way to simply import the final film and leave it as just that, the final film, sound and all?
Thanks for any thoughts on this.
Cheers,
John

Hi
There are bit's here I do not understand.
You've got miniDV tapes.
With "final cut's" = final edited movies ?
a. There are several Video editing programs - some named so that one might think they were related as iMovie 1 to HD 6 ---- iMovie'08 to 11 ---- and iMovie'13 (version 10).
b. There are no Common Video editing language/system - so if one edited in FinalCut - there is no way to get an editable version over to iMovie 1 to HD6 - oor other way around. There are some rudimentary Export functions that move the un-edited raw material between (sometimes) but no transitions, texts extra Audio etc etc are progressed over. This goes for Adobe Premiere and Avid Media-100 too.
c. If You have a playable (edited) version on tape - then tool of choise is iMovie HD 6 as it can import movie as a full block (not splitt in individual clips) - FinalCut are not so easy to get to do this. iMovie'08 to 11 are not meant for interlaced video (as on Your tape = loses every second line when You try to create a new projeect or Export from them)
So as You see - my fantsy is limited - Please tell exactly what You've got on Your tapes - if TimeCode is broken or continuos without any dropped frames (flicker of black, no sound) (this happens if one record - then take a look at the sequence - but forgot to set Camera to find end of sequense to link to next recorded sequence) - If timecode is broken - it has to be handled in a special way.
And - tell exactly what You want to do with the material - when successfully in Your Mac again.
Yours Bengt W

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