Sony DSC-F77A – For Macintosh users, USB mode, Steps your OS requires, Copying images to your computer, Recommended computer environment, Communication with your computer

Copying images to your computer

– For Macintosh users

Recommended computer environment

OS: Mac OS 8.5.1, 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X (v10.0/v10.1)

The above OS must be installed at the factory. For the following models, update your OS to Mac OS 9.0 or 9.1.

–iMac with Mac OS 8.6 installed at the factory, and a slot loading type CD-ROM drive

–iBook or Power Mac G4 with the Mac OS

8.6 installed at the factory

USB connector: Provided as standard

Display: 800 × 600 dots or more

32 000-color mode or more

•If you connect two or more USB equipment to a single computer at the same time, some equipment, including your camera, may not operate depending on the type of USB equipment.

•Operations are not guaranteed when using a USB hub.

•Operations are not guaranteed for all the recommended computer environments mentioned above.

USB mode

There are two modes for a USB connection, [NORMAL] and [PTP]* modes. The factory setting is the [NORMAL] mode.

*Compatible only with Mac OS X. When connected to a computer, only the data in the folder selected by the camera is copied to the computer.

Communication with your computer

When your computer resumes from the suspend or sleep mode, communication between your camera and your computer may not recover at the same time.

When a USB connector is not provided on your computer

When neither a USB connector nor a “Memory Stick” slot is provided, you can copy images using an additional device. See the Sony Website for details. http://www.sony.net/

Steps your OS requires

Follow the steps below, according to your OS.

OS	Steps
Mac OS 8.5.1/8.6/9.0	Steps 1to 4
Mac OS 9.1/9.2/Mac OS X	Steps 2to 4
(v 10.0/v 10.1)

aInstalling the USB driver

1	Turn on your computer, and set the
	supplied CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
	drive.
	The “PIXELA ImageMixer for Sony”
	screen appears.
2	Double-click		(Setup Menu).
3	Click	(USB Driver).
	The “USB Driver” screen appears.
4	Double-click the icon of the hard disk
	containing the OS to open the screen.			Enjoying
5	Drag and drop the following two files
	from the screen opened in step 3 into the
	System Folder icon in the screen opened			images
	• Sony USB Driver
	in step 4.
	• Sony USB Shim			on
6	When the message for confirmation is			your
	shown, click “OK.”			computer
7	Restart the computer and remove the

CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.

bConnecting your camera to your computer

For details, see pages 71 to 72.

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