AVCHD, short for “Advanced Video Codec High Definition”, was jointly established by both Panasonic and Sony in 2006. MTS is the file extension for the high definition digital video camera recorder format, AVCHD.

If your camcorder doesn’t belong to the one which model is included in iMovie camcorder support list, perhaps you will meet problems like failling to import mts to iMovie for editting.

Of course you won’t take the risk of losing footages, and since mts is not a mac suitable format, why not convert it to a Mac-friendly format like MOV or MP4? By converting Sony MTS/M2TS to MOV/MP4 on Mac, you can not only play your mts/m2ts file on Mac but also convert MTS to iMovie or Final Cut Pro for editing.

Video Converter for Mac is a comprehensive and powerful Sony mts converter for Mac. It converts mts/m2ts to mov/mp4/m4v and many other popular formats on Market, making it flat for Mac users to share with windows users, upload to YouTube, import to iMovie and FCP and watch videos on iPod, iPhone, Creative Zen and some other portable players.

Free download Video Converter for Mac to experience the fast speed and splendid output quality right away! Of course, you can follow this detail tutorial to guide you how to convert MTS to iMovie (iMovie 11 included).

Models of Sony HD Camcorders that supported by iMovie’09:

Models of Sony HD Camcorders that supported by iMovie’11:
You can refer to  support.apple.com.