Sony DCR-PC110 Driver for Mac

Hello,
I'm a first time poster. I have recently come into possession of an older Sony Handycam, the DCR-PC110. Videos download easily to PCs. However, I am using a Mac Pro with Leopard and iMovie 08. I plug the USB into the port and the Mac simply doesn't see the camera at all.
I've searched the web long and hard for a Mac compatible driver for this camera and have come up short. Any help appreciated.
Thanks,

Hello MartinR,
I've declared your solution to my problem as having been SOLVED. Attaching the Fire Wire worked for me. Thank You!
However, this old video camera seems cursed. No sooner did your solution solve my problem, then another one took its place.
I am now getting a flashing error message: C31:23. It is flashing rapidly along with the According to the owners manual, p. 148: "A malfunction has occurred other than the above that you can service has occurred." Nothing works.
I called the Sony Customer Service Hotline. They had me push the tiny Reset button on the camera behind the strap holder to "reboot" the camera. It didn't work.
Now they want me to ship it to Texas and fork over $500 to fix it as an Out of Warranty camera.
Can you provide another solution?
Thanks so much!
Paul

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click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About../More..
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