External microphone level is very low?

Hi, I have an iMac and am trying to use a condenser nw-700 Neewer with her microphone.

I have a ghost (an Innogear IG101) supply and it IS lit.

I have the microphone connected to the power source via an XLR cable, then the power supply of the outputs of the XLR jack 3, 5 mm plug, which is connected to the entrance at the back of my iMac micro.

Everything is connected and switched on correctly.

When I put external inputs: Line In System Preferences and/or Quicktime, even with the input volume turned up completely the microphone captures only very low voice.  Typing the spikes the input indicator microphone, so I know that the microphone is "hearing" sounds, but the entry level is low it is essentially useless.  The microphone must be less than 5mm of my mouth and I must scream until it's strong enough in the record.

Any ideas what is the problem here?  Everything I bought is supposed to be 'plug and play', but it doesn't work well at all.

According to the info on Amazon, this cannot be used with a Mac.

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