Using your Macintosh computer

You can copy images to your computer and create a video CD using “ImageMixer VCD2” (supplied), or change your desired music in Slide Show using “Music Transfer.”

Recommended computer environment

Recommended environment for copying images

OS (pre-installed): Mac OS 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X (v10.0 or later)

USB connector: Provided as standard

•We recommend that you have QuickTime 6 or later pre-installed on your computer.

Recommended environment for using “ImageMixer VCD2”/

“Music Transfer”

OS (pre-installed):Mac OS X (v10.1.5 or later) for “ImageMixer,” Mac OS X (v10.3 or later) for “Music Transfer”

CPU: iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power Mac G3/G4/G5 series, Mac mini

Memory: 128 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended) for “ImageMixer,”

64 MB or more (128 MB or more is recommended) for “Music Transfer”

Hard Disk: Disk space required for installation—approximately 250 MB

Display: 1024 × 768 dots or more, 32,000 colors or more for “ImageMixer”

Notes on connecting your camera to a computer

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

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

•Operations are not guaranteed when using a USB hub.

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•Connecting your camera using a USB interface that is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant) allows advanced transfer (high speed transfer) as this camera is compatible with Hi- Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant).

•There are three modes for a USB connection when connecting a computer, [Auto] (default setting), [Mass Storage] and [PTP] modes. This section describes the [Auto] and [Mass Storage] as examples. For details on [PTP], see page 56.

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

Copying and viewing images on

acomputer

1Prepare the camera and a Macintosh computer.

Perform the same procedure as that described in “Stage 2: Preparing the camera and the computer” on page 61.

2Connect the cable for multi-use terminal.

Perform the same procedure as that described in “Stage 3: Connecting the camera and your computer” on page 62.

3Copy image files to the Macintosh computer.

1Double-click the newly recognized icon t [DCIM] t the folder where the images you want to copy are stored.

2Drag and drop the image files to the hard disk icon.

The image files are copied to the hard disk.

•For details on the storage location of the images and file names, see page 66.