How to convert Canon Vixia HF camcorder video to Mac for backup or editing

As Canon's highly-regarded reputation and people's high demand on video quality, more and more people like Cannon video. At the same time, various problems to connect Canon VIXIA camcoder with Mac, import Canon VIXIA video to Mac, convert Canon VIXIA video to Mac, import VIXIA video to iMovie etc.

Canon Vixia camcorder always uses AVCHD format, which utilizes MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression and has two file extensions .mts or .m2ts. When you finish photography, the first thing you should do is transfer the Canon Camcorder MTS video to Mac for backup or playback. Follow the tips to easily backup your shooting.

1: Turn on your camcorder and make sure your camcorder is set to the right mode to import videos or photos.

2: Connect camcorder to Mac with USB cable(a 6 pin or 4 pin cable), insert smaller four-pin end of the FireWire cable into the the FireWire port of the camcorder and the the larger six pin end, and insert it into the FireWire port of your Mac.

3: Your Mac will automatically launch iMovie, So you can review your video or select "Import All", and make sure your camcorder is set to "Automatic".

Notes: Not all the models of Canon Vixia camcorder can be recognized by iMovie. Some of them are partially supported with Video stabilization limitations or jittery playback. Anyway, there is a professional program designed for Canon Vixia camcorder users to transfer or edit Canon Vixia M2TS video in a safe and efficient way.

Mac Canon Vixia Video Converter is assuredly the easiest and quickest way for Canon camcorder owner to convert HD M2TS or MTS to Mac-compatible formats like MOV, MPEG4, etc. Meanwhile, it has various optimized presets for editing applications like Final Cut Express, FCP or iMovie; portable devices like iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Classic, iTouch, BlackBerry, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, etc.

Besides, Canon Vixia Video Converter for mac is also an easy HD video editor to edit HD video on Mac by cropping HD video to remove unwanted sides or area, trimming HD video length to capture clips from your HD video files, editing video effects such as brightness and contrast, applying special effects etc.

Tutorial on convert Canon Vixia HD to Mac, iMovie11, iMovie09, FCP(X), FCE.
Free download the Canon VIXIA Video Converter for Mac and install it.
Step 1: Launch Canon VIXIA Video Converter for Mac and Add HD M2TS Video Files.
You can use "Apply to All" function which is available to convert video files in batch.

Step 2: According your special require selecting the output format, choose MOV for iMovie, Mp4, DV for FCP(X).

Tip: This VIXIA Video Converter for Mac also offer clip and edit function. Click Clip option to trim video length and Edit option to crop the video and set video brightness, contrast and saturation, and apply a special effect such as gray, old film or emboss.

Step 3: Canon Vixia HD M2TS to Mac Conversion.