Transferring digital video camera to Mac

[Nosha123]

Any help appreciated...

I have a Panasonic handheld camcorder thingy... bought 5 yrs ago and records onto Mini DV tapes (I think!). Bascially I want to edit some footage and can do it easier on the computer than on tape.
How do I transfer the taped footage onto my Mac.
I bought a cable yesterday from Currys. Its Firewire one end and similar to a mini USB the other (but not exactly the same as a mini USB). I plugged it all in turned it on. and couldnt get it to do anything!
The camera didnt mount onto the desktop or anything
Help appreciated!

[rojash]

You need to run the video editing software that you have on the Mac, and capture the movie from within it.

[fo3nix]

Use iMovie.

http://www.apple.com/support/imovie

(You may have the older version, but there will be support for that too.)