Sony HD Camcorder compatibility

Hi, I intend on buying a sony HD camcorder version HDR-XR350 (with built in hard desk) however, the supplied software with the camcorder only support a Windows operating system and not an Apple Operating systems. my question is if i do go ahead with the purchase will it work with any off-the-shelve apple software (like iVideo) smoothly or do i have to install a specific driver, etc? any expected problems, etc?

I just bought the iMac Pro 27" desktop model for the primary purpose of editing some of my videos because my other computers just would not handle the HD video. I was assured it would be a snap with the Mac. I have a Sony HDR XR-200, which is very similar to the camera you are talking about. When I hook up the camera it recognizes only one of the 30 video clips I have. I bought the iMac at Best Buy so I promptly called the Geek Squad and spent a lot of time on the phone with them and they finally transferred me to Apple Support. In all I spent over two hours on the phone to no avail. Apple sent me an email which talks about issues with Sony cameras and it said if you tape in SP and HD that you will have to erase all SP videos from your camera hard drive before iMac will recognize the HD videos. I did exactly that and it still will not recognize my HD videos. I haven't given up yet. I am going to put another call in to Apple Support. At this moment, I am using iVideo. My video editing needs are very simple. I love this computer but I am frustrated to have to go through this and not get the support I need. Maybe my next call will be more productive.

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