My camera isn't showing up on my laptop g4 powerbook. The beach ball spins,,,,, but as soon as I unplug the firewire everything goes back to working normal. When I open Final cut pro 4 - it says it doesn't see anything DV device. Is theier something wrong with my camera or is there something else I need to download for this camera?

What OS are you using?

os 10 - I'm at work right now, but I think at home it's 10.2.1? Actually the camera has been making the computer hang for awhile until I unplug the firewire. Sometimes though, the computer does see it! I'm really stumped with this one! any advice would help!

Upgrade to 10.2.8 using the combo update (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxupdatecombo_10_2_8.html) from the Apple support site. The upgrade is free, but fairly large at 97MB. I hope you have broadband.

Thank you so much! I'll give it a try! I have broadband at Work (I work for Comcast) But I live way out in the country and only have dial up. I'll burn a CD, bring it home and give it a try. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks again

Dang it!...It still doesn't work! I plugged a Hi8 dv cam in the firewire ports and the computer recognized it. But, unforetunately it doesn't see the ag-dvx100. I have a feeling that the firewire port on the ag-dvx100 is bad. What do you think?

It is beginning to look that way, indeed. Did you repair permissions after updating the OS to 10.2.8?