flip USB cables frustration I know this does not come with the flip video ultra, but I bought the flip usb cables to use the flip more easily with my desktop imac. The cable goes onto the flip's usb arm, and you can daisy chain them to make a longer extension.However, I found that it took extreme force to get the orange cable onto the flip's usb arm. A second try with the white cable was as difficult. Removing the usb cables (which did work, once you got them on) was even more difficult--you really had to pull hard.Is there a design flaw here? Did anyone else try the flip usb cables? flip USB cables frustration I know this does not come with the flip video ultra, but I bought the flip usb cables to use the flip more easily with my desktop imac. The cable goes onto the... » Read More flip USB cables frustration I know this does not come with the flip video ultra, but I bought the flip usb cables to use the flip more easily with my desktop imac. The cable goes onto the flip's usb arm, and you can daisy chain them to make a longer extension.However, I found that it took extreme force to get the orange cable onto the flip's usb arm. A second try with the white cable was as difficult. Removing the usb cables (which did work, once you got them on) was even more difficult--you really had to pull hard.Is there a design flaw here? Did anyone else try the flip usb cables? « Show Less
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Thanks Mike. To be clear, I bought the Flip from costco online, where the cost of the camera included the cables (same price as Amazon). I would probably have bought a regular cable otherwise. But I am still curious if others have had this problem, assuming they did not take your advice first.
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I know you've already bought the Flip-branded cable, but try a plain ol' USB cable from another manufacturer. It'll be a lot cheaper and probably work better, too.
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As to whether Flip video recorders work with mac, have no fear. Everything works fine on my Mac. Even the FlipShare movie editing software works fine (contrary to early test reports) My only gripe is that the newest update to the FlipShare software doesn't work on my legacy PowerPC chip Macintosh. You must have the newer Intel processor Macintosh to use the latest and greatest Flip software.
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how did work out? I am travelling and I have been trying to download video but with no luck on my laptop(mac G4). I tried the 4 pin to the usb, 4 pin to the 6 Firewire, and a couple other connectors.
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I had the same result. Very annoying. If you already have the older cable you just need to buy the adapter from Apple. Wish I knew that before I ordered this.
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You an try and flip the item the other way around using ryw cables. I did not fully work for me.
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Hope this helps at least one person.. I too was having the lift problem and the solution was easy.... When charging the helicopter with USB don't plug it into a USB hub. A USB hub does not put out the same power as the USB ports located directly on your computer or laptop. My helicopter was not even charging with the hub even though all lights on the cable were saying different. My solution was to plug the yellow USB cable into a USB Power Cable Adapter...White USB Cable Power Adapter (Wall Charger Adaptor with fixed blades) for Apple iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4,Touch, Shuffle, Nano, Classic Hope this helps at least one person.. I too was having the lift problem and the solution was easy.... When charging the helicopter with USB don't plug it into a USB hub. A USB hub does not put out the same power as the USB ports located directly on your computer or laptop. My helicopter was not even charging with the hub even though all lights on the cable were saying different. My solution was to plug the yellow USB cable into a USB Power Cable Adapter...White USB Cable Power Adapter (Wall Charger Adaptor with fixed blades) for Apple iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4,Touch, Shuffle, Nano,... » Read More Hope this helps at least one person.. I too was having the lift problem and the solution was easy.... When charging the helicopter with USB don't plug it into a USB hub. A USB hub does not put out the same power as the USB ports located directly on your computer or laptop. My helicopter was not even charging with the hub even though all lights on the cable were saying different. My solution was to plug the yellow USB cable into a USB Power Cable Adapter...White USB Cable Power Adapter (Wall Charger Adaptor with fixed blades) for Apple iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4,Touch, Shuffle, Nano, Classic « Show Less
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Here it is October 2010 and you are getting a reply to your Compact Flash item of last July 30th. I have a CF input device plugged into a USB socket in the back of my iMac G5. I insert a CF card (from a camera) into the input device and . . . And that's my problem. What next? What App do I use to move/download data from the CF to the iMac? From what I read, everybody does it. I am the only dense person who has not figured how it's done. PLEASE HELP!!!!! Frank at frdavis1@cox.net
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Try downloading the software from the Flip website. I did this and it works perfectly on my laptop running XP. Hope this helps!
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Had same problem with plugging our newly acquired Flip Mino HD 120 into our MacBook.Turned out that when we angled the Flip while plugging it in, it plugged in and worked beautifully.Still is a snug fit, but it works without having to return it.
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I just ordered a sister model (AWUS036NHV) on for my Macbook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Downloaded drivers from Alpha site...Works fine... but not until I tried 5 different USB Cables (including the one included with the unit), and it finally kicked in with a short super heavy-duty USB cable from my Garmin. Maybe the USBports on my macbook Air don't provide enough power? But it is working now and doing a nice job.Would like to use a long cable to place the unit closer to the window... gonna check into usinga powered usb hub with a longer cable. Anyone have any experience with using a powered hubwith this unit? I just ordered a sister model (AWUS036NHV) on for my Macbook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Downloaded drivers from Alpha site...Works fine... but not until I tried 5 different USB Cables (including the one included with the unit), and it finally kicked in with a short super heavy-duty USB cable from my Garmin. Maybe the USBports on my macbook Air don't provide enough power? But it is working now and doing a nice job.Would like to use a long cable to place the unit closer to the window... gonna check into usinga powered usb hub with a longer cable. Anyone have any... » Read More I just ordered a sister model (AWUS036NHV) on for my Macbook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Downloaded drivers from Alpha site...Works fine... but not until I tried 5 different USB Cables (including the one included with the unit), and it finally kicked in with a short super heavy-duty USB cable from my Garmin. Maybe the USBports on my macbook Air don't provide enough power? But it is working now and doing a nice job.Would like to use a long cable to place the unit closer to the window... gonna check into usinga powered usb hub with a longer cable. Anyone have any experience with using a powered hubwith this unit? « Show Less
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I got that too. I kept trying to insert and reset. Finally it said "formatting" and that was the last she wrote, i.e., the camera froze there. Packed it up and returned it the next day. I bought a (slightly) used Flip on eBay. I know opinions differ, but I had used (and loved) a Flip for years, had broken the lens and was looking to replace with something newer... hence the Kodak, which I found was shabbily made. Now back to another Flip. Even though Cisco dumped them, the Flip videos import as mP4's, and for my purposes, that works great and couldn't be happier with my new (used) Flip. Good luck!
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When in use my Mac reads that I unpluged or remover the drive without ejecting the drive first. In fact what is happening the CHEAP plastic usb housing is so lose that it slips and disconnects witch tell the computer that I unplugged it or did not eject it before ejecting it. It momentarily unmounts the quickly mounts aging,, unfortunately you lose the data you were transferring. Best to spend a few $$ and get something with a metal usb mount.
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I used the USB cable that came with my Cannon Vixia and plugged it into my iMac. Then a disc image appears on the desktop. You can drag and drop the videos on the desktop, or have iMovie or quicktime etc to import the movies. Youtube has many tutorials about things like this, so check them out.
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See the discussion "Flip Not Fitting in Macbook USB." There are a lot of people facing the same problem. I had a little bit of a jerky problem on something I shot outside. I thought mine might be due to the fact that I had zoomed in and out. I need to shoot more video to really figure out what the problem is. Perhaps yours had to do with zooming?
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My desk is to big and sits in a corner so I got no way to mount it to my desk. Would flipping this upside down work? Then bolting it to my wall work... I've been slowly looking for a solution to mount my 27" iMac and 27" thunder bolt display with the VESA mount adapters i got from apple. I plan to buy a 3rd display here soon and been debating waiting to have all 3 and look for solution to hold all 3 displays up off my desk.
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I just hook up the usb cable to the iMac and import directly into iMovie. Works great!
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to Science Rules:I also have a MacBook Pro and use i Movie for movie making. My experience with import from a camcorder(I have a sony digital tape camcorder) is that it only sees the firewire connection to import movies. Please explain to me how you get your Mac to see an import from the USB cable connection.thank you,Randal