MacBook Pro 2011 Suddenly dying ! HELP !

HI all,
Tried to open my Pro the other day to just access safari and it freaked a bit, first the trackpad cursor decided it was possessed and jumped all over the screen until it decided to slide the screen off to dashboard by itself and even when I plugged in a USB mouse it still freaked all over the place.
NO liquids of any type have been anywhere near the macbook by the way.
Next thing is the whole laptop almost grinds to a halt ! Crazily slow totally unlike it ?
Then to add insult to injury the screen starts looking flickery and red and lined / pixelated in areas and apps on the dock when selected bounce for ages and do nothing. So I looked at SMC reset, and PRAM reset also and these worked in the way that they were carried out correctly but still no changes.
I left it a week, the laptop goes dead ! Charge battery and leave on mains power, and now whole screen is fuzzy and doesn't even show anything normally ?
Please help help is it worth me taking it in for a repair or is it a waste of time ? and why all out of the blue ? This thing cost a lot of money and I'm now tempted to bin apple altogether as its let me down big time! !

Provided you can take all these,try it.
Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14204
Hold the option key down and click the battery icon in the menu bar.
Does the condition say "Normal"?
Is there any Bluetooth device nearby with failing batteries? If so, replace the batteries.
Clean the trackpad with a dry microfiber cloth.
Close all windows and quit all applications.
Click the Spotlight -the magnifying glass icon- in the menu bar. Enter Disk utility in the box.
Select Disk Utility. When the Disk utility window opens up, select Macintosh HD, then First Aid.
Click Repair Disk Permission
Ignore the time remaining estimate.
Last 1 minute may take longer.
Run Apple Diagnostics.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257
Can you run EtreCheck and post the report here please?
EtreCheck: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6173
Best.

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Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked question
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846
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2 Insert the Mac OS X disc. If the installer doesn’t start automatically, browse the disc using Windows Explorerand double-click the setup.exe file in the Boot Camp directory.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions.
If a message appears that says the software you’re installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyway.
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If nothing appears to be happening, there may be a hidden window that you mustrespond to. Check the taskbar and look behind open windows.
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6 Check for updated Boot Camp drivers by using Apple Software Update or going to www.apple.com/support/bootcamp.
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My Macbook pro 2011 suddenly has a really slow bootup. What can I do?

My Macbook pro 2011 suddenly has a really slow bootup. What can I do? I did install a cannon printer upgrade and security upgrade. Not sure if it was something to do with that. Also I tried the disk utility repair and didn't improve anything. I also reset PRAM and SMC.

1. Try booting in e Verbose mode - press and hold [cmd] + [v] keys just right after the boot chord sounds till you get a black screen and white letters.
if there are some delays in the boot process - you should see where the system is stuck.
this mode is not permanent - the next [re-] boot will be normal.
2. repair permissions. disk utility does fine. Disk Warrior is better.
sometimes after half done updates (it may happen though should not) there are items that are "belonging to someone else"
3. try cache cleaner (or there are some other utilities as well - I just like SlCC more) http://www.northernsoftworks.com/snowleopardcachecleaner.html - it's shareware though the basic functionality is free for you to use.
Try caches -> deep cleaning (please read the developers site what it does) and select checkmark at all options - reply yes to the requests and after a reboot the next reboot should be as it is intended.
p.s be sure you do have backup

MacBook Pro 2011 suddenly slow, battery draining etc

My computer crashed end of December 2012 right before vacation. I went to the Genius Bar, diagnosed as a "software issue". Had computer erased and started over. Upgraded to Yosemite while out of town. When I came home, I transferred back data from Time Capsule with Migration Assistant. I have talked to Apple 4 times and given 4 different answers (remount Time Machine, reset PVRAM, etc). Read through this thread but I don't see what to do. Here is my EtreCheck. Seriously I need help because this is my work and school computer and it needs to be fixed. Do I need to get more ram? Battery health says good but it seems as if its draining seriously fast.   And I hear the fan coming on a lot more.
Problem description:
My system is constantly moving slow and programs take a while to open.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 27, 2015 at 4:17:06 PM EST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 772
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 4 days 2:12:7
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (96.73 GB free)
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
    Logitech USB Receiver
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    General USB Flash Disk 4.03 GB
        USB DISK (disk2s1) /Volumes/USB DISK : 4.03 GB (2.25 GB free)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Library/Application Support/Roxio
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
    [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
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    [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
    HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
    TiVoDesktop: Path: /Library/StartupItems/TiVoDesktop
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
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    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.metadata.mdflagwriter.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
    5 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.awdd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.corestorage.corestoragehelperd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.installd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.systemstats.analysis.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
    12 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.carbonite.launchd.status.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.coupons.coupond.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.carbonite.installhelper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.carbonite.launchd.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.carbonite.launchd.monitor.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.carbonite.launchd.watcher.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 [Click for support]
    CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 5.0.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Picasa: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
    Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]
    TiVo Desktop [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: ON
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 222.12 GB
    Destinations:
        Sharonda Frazier's Time Cap [Network]
        Total size: 2.00 TB
        Total number of backups: 1
        Oldest backup: 2015-02-21 03:40:10 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-02-21 03:40:10 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 318.84 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        90%    Classroom Enrichment Program Pre K 4
        56%    CarboniteDaemon
        22%    WindowServer
         4%    coreaudiod
         3%    sysmond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    172 MB    Safari
    120 MB    Pages
    107 MB    Finder
    90 MB    Mail
    82 MB    Classroom Enrichment Program Pre K 4
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    98 MB    Free RAM
    1.29 GB    Active RAM
    1.23 GB    Inactive RAM
    1.21 GB    Wired RAM
    766.97 GB    Page-ins
    6.47 GB    Page-outs
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Select each of the items shown in RED in Activity Monitor. Click on the Quit icon in AM's toolbar then click on the Force Quit button. You only need to do this if you are unable to quit the programs in the normal way - Make the program the frontmost application, then press COMMAND-Q.
You also have two items in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder. They should not be there. You can remove them. HP should have updated software that replaces the older driver. I'm not sure about the TiVo item, but it should not be installed in that location.
You should check the Classroom Enrichment application for compatibility with Yosemite: See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
As for your backup needs I would suggest this:
Repartition the Seagate backup drive. This removes all the Seagate software. If you want more control over your backups than provided by Time Machine see the following options:
Suggested Backup Software
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Others may be found at MacUpdate.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. You can download free trial versions of all six so you can try them out and decide on the one you prefer before paying for it. I am a big fan of Carbon Copy Cloner, but that does not mean it's your best choice.
Now given all the above consider that you can always use Time Machine. But until you get your computer straightened out I would refrain from making a backup. There's no point in restoring a malfunctioning backup made of a malfunctioning computer.

MacBook Pro Battery suddenly dying

Hi all,
I've had my MBP now for just about 3.5 years. It's a 2.4 GHz C2D, 4GB RAM mid-2009 model. It's currently running 10.8.2 (I keep up-to-date quite religiously).
Anyhow, my battery life has always been quite decent -- lasting variably between just under 2 hours and 3.5 hours. I try to be quite cognizant of what is "good" for the battery by avoiding constant charging and occasionally letting it drain to 0% in order to recalibrate. In the last several weeks, it's "condition" appeared to start deteriorating..at least according to Mac OS X's discretion, and changed to "Replace Soon." This worried me, so I installed the "Battery Health" app and consulted iStat Pro to see what they were telling me; both indicated that my battery was still an upper 80% in health.
This brings me to yesterday. I had taken my MBP all over with me throughout the day with no issue, and then brought it back to my apartment that evening. I left it charging and took a 1 hour nap. When I woke up, the charger indicated green but the battery indicator was flashing when I clicked it; when I opened my computer, it had a "charged" symbol but was at 0%. The condition had also suddenly changed to "Replace Now." In other words, if I disconnect the charger at all, the computer immediately dies.
Do y'all have any advice about what could have caused this so suddenly and dramatically, and whether it's at all remediable without getting a battery replacement (this model doesn't let you easily replace the battery)? To speak the obvious, it's incredibly inconvenient and ultimately untenable, but I'm not sure if I can hold Apple at fault since it's obviously OOW.
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ramoram3 wrote:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
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I have been using Macbook pro 2011 and Samsung SSD (256GB) for about a year.
All of sudden, the computer will not from SSD from the main bay, but it will boot from the optical bay.
I have tried an Intel SSD 120gb which came with the computer, but it does not work either.
However, it will boot from the regualr hard drive from the main bay.
I have read somewhere that it could be due to the hard drive flex cable.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem?

It may very well be a problem with the SATA cable... for some reason (and I don't know why, but...) SSDs seem more prone in 'detecting' a faulty SATA cable than a standard hard drive. Where a hard drive will boot, an SSD will not.
I would advise purchasing a new SATA cable - from ifixit.com or powerbookmedic.com - and replacing the cable. That (normally) clears up the problem.
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Macbook Pro (2011) froze while working, forced shut down, now won't turn on. Grey screen with apple logo and spinning wheel for hours. Help?

Macbook Pro (2011) froze while working, forced shut down, now won't turn on. Grey screen with apple logo and spinning wheel for hours. Help?
Unfortunately do not know the operating system since I never updated anything and I can't get in to it.
Thanks for your assistance.

If you want to preserve the data on the boot drive, and it's not already backed up, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is not fully functional. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot from the Recovery partition or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
2. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

Hello! Help please! Best external hard drive preferably 1TB for macbook pro 2011. thank you!!!

Hello! Help please! Best external hard drive preferably 1TB for macbook pro 2011. thank you!!!

You can pickup any 1TB USB powered drive for about $100 at just about any local office supply store.
It comes formatted FAT32 (MSDOS) for reading by OS X and Windows PC's.
However if your files sizes are going to be larger than 4GB in size (like video tends to be) then your going to need to select the drive in OS X's Disk utility (in the Applicaitons > Utilities folder) and format the drive exFAT instead.
exFAT is a drive format that 10.6.5 and later Mac's, Windows Vista and 7 machines can read just fine. XP machines need a free exFAT drive install from Microsoft.
Do backup the 1TB to another 1TB drive using Carbon Copy Cloner or another backkup utility because 1TB is a lot of data to lose on a $100 drive.
I don't advise the "port powered" USB drive as these tend to have power issues and with 1TB of data on it, very risky. Use a powered drive if you can all help it.

Help: Slow Crucial C300 256GB SSD in 17" MacBook Pro (2011) via SATA III 6Gb/s

Computer: 2011 17" MacBook Pro
Drive: Crucial C300 256GB
Drive Firmware: Revision 7
Bay: Main Drive Bay (6Gb/s)
OS: Lion 10.7.1
I did a fresh install of 10.7.1 and I'm getting these speeds on the above configuration:
Here is the same test run on my previous computer, a 2008 Mac Pro, with SATA II (same exact drive):
What is going on here? The Mac Pro with SATA II was running the C300 faster than the brand new 17" MacBook Pro 2011 running SATA III. This drive should be getting up up to 355MB/s read on SATA III.
Can someone please help me figure out why this drive is not running faster in my computer?
Thank you in advance.
FYI - I did install the new EFI 2.2 Update that was released in September. The above tests were after I installed the update! So you can rule out that I didn't install this update that supposedly fixed SATA speed issues on these Mac's.

I solved it. Xbench didn't give the best results. I tried other benchmarking tools and concluded that I am getting the SATA III speeds on this drive on this MacBook Pro.

FaceTime help MacBook Pro 2011

Hello! I need help with my MacBook Pro 2011. I really would like to FaceTime my friends, but it does not let me. I am running Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.8. Do I need to get Lion? When I try to FaceTime someone, it goes through and says connecting, but then it randomly ends. I am so confused!

Check for updates to FaceTime in the Mac App Store.
Also, with FaceTime running, in the menu bar at the top of the screen, go to FaceTime > About FaceTime. What version?

My Macbook Pro 2011 wont boot properly. only when batter is disconnected. HELP

hi all.
i have recently bought a macbook pro, 2011 i5 4GB knowing it wasn't fully working, but i need some help.
when i try and power it on, nothing happens at all (it did turn on once for about 10 seconds, then shut itself down.) i have since been playing around with it, fault finding, and i have found out that if i have the battery disconnected, and have it connected to the charger it works! (if holding CMD+D.) i have tried running the hardwear test, but when holding down the relivent keys on startup it just continues to load the OS X as normal. i do not have the start up discs either. im not entirely sure where to go from here, id love to know what could possibly be causing this fault. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

Update - I've got it all powered up, updated etc. it only doesn't start now after a forced shutdown (holding off button) if I press shutdown, restart etc it works fine. Really want this sorted, any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm ripping my hair out! Thanks

Last night while I was using my MacBook pro, it suddenly restart itself and it hang at the white screen. I tried to restart 5-6 times but it appeared to be the same result! Help me!!!,!,

Last night while I was using my MacBook pro, it suddenly restart itself and it hang at the white screen. I tried to restart 5-6 times but it appeared to be the same result! Help me!!!,!,

Boot in safe mode

HT2531 spotlight help- MacBook Pro 2011

i have a macbook pro 2011 and when i click on the spotlight icon the computer keeps making the "ding" noise and will not let me access it. Help!!

Might be corrupted Spotlight preferences ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.spotlight.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac then try Spotlight.

Macbook Pro 2011 charging behaving weird. Charges and stops repeatedly and takes very long. Help?

So a few weeks ago my MacBook Pro 2011 started having charging problems. I would use it normally. Then plug it in to charge anywhere between 5-20 percent like I've been doing for the past year that I've had it (since August 2011). Anyway, what happens now is that it charges but extremely slowly - at least 4 hours to fully charge as opposed to the 1 1/2 to 2 hours that it used to take. Also, it seems to be draining a lot quicker than it used to while only browsing the internet. Furthermore, while charging, the battery meter goes from the percent its charged to to "not charging" back and forth. What's going on? Is there a problem with my battery, my computer, or the magsafe charger? [please refer to the pictures below to get a better understanding of my problem - these pictures were taken over a 2 hour time period - a time period that usually is enough to charge my computer] - if you'll notice, in the first two pictures, the percent barely went up by 10 in a half hour period:
Here are my Mac power stats:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number:-----------
Manufacturer:          SMP
Device Name:          bq20z451
Pack Lot Code:          0
PCB Lot Code:          0
Firmware Version:          406
Hardware Revision:          2
Cell Revision:          158
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh):          6156
Fully Charged:          Yes
Charging:          No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          6393
Health Information:
Cycle Count:          343
Condition:          Normal
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          -1607
Voltage (mV):          12182
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          25
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          15
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake on LAN:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
GPUSwitch:          2
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
Standby Delay:          4200
Standby Enabled:          0
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          20
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          15
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Current Power Source:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
GPUSwitch:          2
Reduce Brightness:          Yes
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
Standby Delay:          4200
Standby Enabled:          0
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed:          No
AC Charger Information:
Connected:          No
Charging:          No
Does anyone have any idea what the problem may be?
Thank you,
macstr

try doing a SMC RESET and see if that sorts it out for you.
if doesn't work - better take it to Apple and have them look at it before something else goes wrong...
good luck - hope you get it sorted out..

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hi . I have a MacBook pro 2011. And I recorded some videos on aSony camcorder and the camcorder is not comparable with iMovie. And I only nowhow to use iMovie and nothing else. So is there any movie-transferring downloadI can use so I can use iMovie?

Have you checked all of the iMovie compatibility articles on Apple Support?
Apple may not have tested your camera with the current release of iMovie, but it might have done so in prior versions (8 [09], 7 [08], 6 [06], 5 [05], and 4 [04])
If your camera outputs MPEG-2, there's a solid chance that iMovie 9 will properly read its data, as has happened in the case of one 2007 Panasonic SDR-H18 that was not listed past iMovie 6 (this is my own grandmother's camera, which was only supposed to work with some cheap-as-dirt compositor, from a no-name in Japan that pushed its wares also to Fujifilm, JVC, and Olympus). In '09 my grandmother and I went out for Snow Leopard. I installed it without delay, but the Panasonic compositor would frequently crash while previewing a clip post-upgrade. After getting a big runaround from the phone techs, one of them dropped the iMovie hint. A bit more digging through the Apple boards (right here) pretty much sealed things up. The camera worked then, and still works today.
As to other formats, I don't know. Best I can suggest is to give your camera a go at your new Mac (or the other way around).
Nate

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