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Using your computer
Using your Macintosh computer
You can copy images to your Macintosh
computer.
• “Picture Motion Browser” is not compatible
with Macintosh computers.
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
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 the camera using a USB interface
that is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0
compliant) allows advanced transfer (high speed
transfer) as the camera is compatible with Hi-
Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant).
• There are two modes for a USB connection
when connecting a computer, [Mass Storage]
(default setting) and [PTP] modes. This section
describes [Mass Storage] as an example. For
details on [PTP], see page 57.
• When your computer resumes from the suspend
or sleep mode, communication between your
camera and your computer may not recover at
the same time.
1 Prepare the camera and a
Macintosh computer.
Perform the same procedure as
described in “Preparing the camera and
the computer” on page 66.
2 Connect the dedicated USB cable.
Perform the same procedure as
described in “Connecting the camera to
your computer” on page 66.
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 68.
4 View images on the computer.
Double-click the hard disk icon t the
desired image file in the folder
containing the copied files to open that
image file.
Recommended computer
environment
Copying and viewing images on
a computer