USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER

Using the Camera with a Macintosh Computer

Your digital camera comes bundled with useful applications for using it in combination with a computer. Install the applications you need on your computer.

Selecting the Software You Need

Install the software on your Macintosh that allows you to perform the type of operations you want.

Purpose

Software Name

Mac OS Versions

Required Operation

 

 

 

 

USB connection to a Macintosh for

–

OS 9/OS X

Establish a connection between the camera and

image transfer

 

 

your Macintosh. USB driver is not required

 

 

 

(page 196).

 

 

 

 

Managing of Images on a Macintosh

Photo Loader 1.1

OS 9

Install Photo Loader 1.1 (page 217).

 

 

 

 

 

–

OS X

Use iPhoto, which comes bundled with your

 

 

 

operating system (page 217).

 

 

 

 

Movie playback

–

OS 9/OS X

QuickTime is not included on the CD-ROM that

 

 

 

comes bundled with the camera, but it is

 

 

 

included with your Macintosh operating system.

 

 

 

Use the QuickTime application that is installed

 

 

 

with your operating system for playback (page

 

 

 

218).

 

 

 

 

Viewing of user documentation

–

OS 9/OS X

Use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader,

(PDF) files

 

 

which comes bundled with your operating

 

 

 

system (page 218).

 

 

 

 

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