Problems with uploading HD to a Mac

Due to being one of the first groups to upload to the Mac's in the AVCHD format, I tried using the software that came with the camera but it would not load on the Mac as this is how I would have uploaded at home, so I had to find out how to upload without the need for the desired software.

As the HD camera saves to an SD card the clips could not be 'captured' as we would have done previously with the school cameras. Instead by using Final Cut Express and going to File > Log and Transfer and then selecting the clips from the cameras memory and queuing them up, all the clips could be uploaded to the Mac and directly to the sequence on FCE in perfect quality.