GOOD NEWS!!!!
You can download version 1.0.4 of the SxS card drivers here:
https://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/ShowContent.action?product=PMW-EX1&site=biz_en_EU&category=XDCAMCamcorders&contentId=1193315621889§iontype=Product&preserveContext=true
I just tested this driver on my 17″ Intel Core 2 Duo MBP running Snow Leopard and it worked. I’m not sure why US Sony support didn’t know about the European update, but the date of creation on the driver was 8/5/09 and it seems to work just fine on Snow Leopard.
At first, I had the same problems as the other users–kernel panic, shame, weeping–but then I kept searching for an older version of the driver… and stumbled er, googled upon a link to a very different looking SxS PRO device driver page.
And then I had the thumbnail problem too. “Crap.” I thought. “Why can’t we all just get along?” So I decided to try rolling back, version by version, to see if I could trick the thumbnails into behaving.
Version 2.10 – No thumbnails
Version 2.9 – No thumbnails
Version 2.7.1 – No thumbnails
So I figured, three strikes and I’m out. I’ll wait patiently for the XDCAM Transfer update, since I can still preview the clips in XDCAM Clip Browser, which seems unaffected by frosty felines (10.6).
I hope it works for you all!!!
-Ben
Kimball Productions
https://www.kimballpro.com