Pressing the camera’s [ON/OFF] button puts it into the USB mode, which is indicated by the camera’s operation lamp lighting green. In this mode, your Macintosh recognizes the memory card loaded in the camera (or the camera’s
The appearance of the drive icon depends on the Mac OS version you are using.
From now on, you will not have to perform steps 3 through 5 in the above procedure when you connect the camera to your Macintosh (unless you change the camera’s USB settings for some reason).
IMPORTANT!
•Never disconnect the USB cable without exiting the USB mode first. Doing so can corrupt image data. See “Disconnect the camera from the Macintosh” on page 235 for the correct steps you need to perform to disconnect the camera from the Macintosh safely.
■Connecting the Camera to Your Macintosh after the First Time
Since you need to configure menu settings only the first time you connect the camera to your Macintosh, later connections are much simpler.
1.Turn off the camera, and connect the USB cable that comes bundled with the camera to the camera and your Macintosh.
2.Turn on the camera.
Pressing the camera’s [ON/OFF] button puts it into the USB mode, which is indicated by the camera’s operation lamp lighting green.
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USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER