Issues with sound

When our footage was loaded onto the Apple Macs we had trouble with the sound, as we needed to import it seperately from the actual footage. Then it would not save with the footage on the Mac, as we had to put the memory stick in everytime, open the sound, import it and then when the memory stick was removed the sound was gone and not saved with the footage. This is a problem as it means we cannot have sound with our footage unless (as we were told yesterday) we upload the footage/sound straight from the cameras onto the Macs. As we have done quite a lot of editing already Lucinda, Emily and I discussed whether it would be worth starting from scratch with the editing in order to get the sound. As we only need sound for some of the shots we have decided to use the sound effects on the Mac, and as we will have a soundtrack over the top anyway we do not think that it is worth sacrificing the editing we have done so far just to get the sound.