Power off your camcorder and plug the camcorder into your Mac via a proper FireWire cable For these camcorders, you can follow simple steps to have them connected to your Mac:

Practically speaking, many camcorders from Cannon, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and JVC have been included in the Apple’s list. To check whether your cam is compatible with Mac or not, you can read the documentation that came with your cam to see the requirement of the camcorder – some manufacturers required you to install software to access to the cam on your computer.

That’s to say, you can directly connect your camcorder to iPhoto, iMovie and more for transferring the camcorder file to iMovie and more for further use. I mean, as long as your Mac can recognize your camcorder, you can do that easily. Connecting your camcorder to Mac for importing Video from Camcorder to Mac or photos to Mac might be a piece of cake if your camcorder is compatible with Mac.

Yes, it is possible for Mac users to connect their camcorder to Mac.