I said, “Don’t be nervous. It’ll be a learning experience. We’ll take it nice and slow.” I could tell that she was excited. Her face was flushed with anticipation. “I don’t want to screw up.” “Don’t worry. You won’t. Just follow my instructions and you’ll be great. Start by inserting the SD card into the card reader, then plug it into the USB slot.” She was seated in the chair in front of my laptop in my apartment. I was behind her, guiding her through the process. I said, “First thing we’ll do is import the video into iMovie. That’ll take a minute or two, but it plays more smoothly directly from the hard drive, and it’s good to have a back-up.” When the video had finished copying, I said, “Now go to the File menu and click ‘New Project.’ Okay, good. See there, at the bottom? That means we have a little more than eight minutes of video to review.” “That’s all?” “Remember, it’s motion-activated. The camera isn’t shooting all the time.
