Is JVC's HM845 compatible with iMovie 11 ?

Hello,
Cannot find the answer. Seems the page that is provided in the link cannot be displayed ...and I'm not able to understand the various posts on the subject as I'm no Expert !!!
This is a "current" camcorder and it would be surprising that it should not be compatible but I'd rather make sure before buying...
An Apple user for almost 30 years, I know that everything is possible in the Apple world...
Thanks to all.
JP/

AVCHD is actually good. But getting the Mac to see the video clips is the trickiest part. The most rigorous way to go about getting the Mac to see your camera is as follows:
1. Power down the Mac altogether. You want to start from a so-called Cold boot, so the Mac has the best chance of seeing the camera when it powers up again
2. Get your camera's power adapter that you use to recharge the battery. Connect to the power adapter, and plug the other end into the wall socket. Cameras running off of batteries sometimes have problems, powering off the mains is always the more conservative choice.
3. Put the camera into playback/vcr mode. You can even have it playing back if you like, trying to send video signal out through the USB connector
4. Connect the USB cable from your camera to the Mac. And startup the Macintosh
5. When the Desktop appears, see if the camera also shows up as an externally connected device, like a USB thumb drive or and external hard drive (if it mounts that's a good sign)
6. Open iMovie. If the camera mounted on the Desktop. Go to the File Menu > Import from Camera (the preferred method for AVCHD files). When the video window opens you should be able to see your camera's contents and then import the clips or Archive the contents of the camera onto your internal hard drive.
That's about the safest, most rigorous way to trouble-shoot whether or not iMovie will recognize the camera.
Failing that, you can also try copying the contents of the camera, by dragging the mounted camera to your hard drive (hold down the Option key and drag the icon to another location on the desktop). That at least will make a copy of the whole camera contents that you might be able to get iMovie to see by going to File Menu > Import > Movies...

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