Minidisk Recorders, Original Music And Imac, What hardware and software work? Options

[hettingr]

I have a need to make original recordings and store them in MP3. I need my equipment to be portable and small. I have a large library of minidisk recordings and I want to continue with that format if possible.

The new Sony Minidisk recorders seem very appropriate EXCEPT
* no Macintosh software
* even the PC software won't let me import my original recordings to the computer (something to do with copyright protection schemes)

So. What are people using?

Thanks,
Maggie Hettinger