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

OS (pre-installed): Mac OS 9.1/9.2/ Mac

OS X(v10.1 to v10.4)

USB jack: Provided as standard

Recommended environment for using “Music Transfer”OS (pre-installed): Mac OS X (v10.3 to

v10.4)

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 installation—approximately 250 MB

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 for multi-use terminal.

Perform 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 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).

3 Copy 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 81.

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