Using an older Emac or a Sawtooth G4, we are not able to capture video to an external 1394a hard drive (911 chipset) via Premiere or FCP from an XM-1 or a GL-1 Canon camcorder without freezes and or dropped frames. Haven't tried the new Panasonic DVX-102A yet to an external, but have been led to believe that newer Canon camcorders will work with newer Macs than we have. What we do is capture to the internal drives with FCP, export usable clips from the hour, then copy files over. Lynn ................................... Producer of the upcoming action thriller "Search Dog's Raven" (SearchDogsRaven.com) ...Any search can turn deadly, as a young woman and her wilderness search dog are lured into an eerie murder...