Canon VIXIA HF M500 Full HD Camcorder is a 1920 x 1080 high def cam with an SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slot that supports up to 64GB memory cards. With this much storage space it’s possible to record for several hours. Plus, the camera’s 1/3″ HD CMOS Pro Sensor and image processor work together to provide stunningly detailed, life-like images that look great on your HDTV. Of course, these two don’t work alone: the HF M500 also employs a genuine Canon 10x HD video lens, optical image stabilization, powered image stabilization and a 3.0″ widescreen touch screen LCD display, among other great features.
To transfer Canon VIXIA HF M500 HD videos to Apple hard drive, you can use the Apple iMovie, Final Cut Pro. But you shall make sure that you at least have iMove 8 or iMovie 9, FCP 6 on your Mac with Intel processor. However, if you have iMovie 6 or first copy AVCHD files from camera by looking for PRIVATE -> AVCHD -> BDMV -> STREAM on SDHC/Micro SDHC card, or copy MTS file from AVCHD -> BDMV -> STREAM on built-in HDD, you may find it difficult to import to iMovie, FCP, FCE or even Avid MC 5. UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac is the perfect Mac AVCHD camera converter that it helps you convert Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS to MOV for editing on Mac.
With the 3 steps below, you can import Canon VIXIA HF M500 HD videos to Avid, FCP, FCE, iMovie for editing.
Step 1. Load Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS video to UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac.
Run UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac as the Canon VIXIA HF M500 Avchd Software for Mac, and click the “Add” button to load 1080p mts videos.
Step 2. Choose H.264 MOV for Avid/FCP/FCE/iMovie.
Click the “Format” option, and choose HD Video > HD MOV-QuickTime (*.mov) as output format. The Mac Canon MTS to Avid converter convert Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS to H.264/AVC MOV for Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and iMovie.
Step 3. Transcode Canon VIXIA HF M500 AVCHD to HD MOV for Avid MC/FCP/iMovie.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS to Avid Converter starts converting 1080p MTS to HD MOV for Avid/FCP/iMovie/FCE on Mac.
After conversion is finished, you can import the HD videos to Avid MC5, Avid Xpress Pro, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie and other non-linear editing tools like Adobe Premiere, Kdenlive on Mac.
