Using your Macintosh computer
You can copy images to your Macintosh computer.
•“Picture Motion Browser” is not compatible with Macintosh computers.
Recommended computer environment
The following environment is recommended for a computer connected to the camera.
Recommended environment for copying images
OSOS X(v10.1 to v10.4)
USB jack: Provided as standard
Recommended environment for using “Music Transfer”OSv10.4)
CPU: iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power Mac G3/G4/G5 series, Mac mini
Memory: 64 MB or more (128 MB or more is recommended)
Hard Disk: Disk space required for
•There are three modes for a USB connection when connecting a computer, [Auto] (default setting), [Mass Storage] and [PictBridge] modes. This section describes the [Auto] and [Mass Storage] as examples. For details on [PictBridge], see page 63.
•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 onacomputer1Prepare the camera and a Macintosh computer.Perform the same procedure as described in “Stage 1: Preparing the camera and the computer” on page 76.
2Connect the cable forPerform the same procedure as described in “Stage 2: Connecting the camera and your computer” on page 77.
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.
•Connecting your camera using a USB interface that is compatible with
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 81.
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