Chapter 5: Sharing Images
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Transferring Images to Your Computer
Transferring Images Using the USB Disk Drive Setting
If your computer is running either Macintosh OS 8.6 or better, or Windows Me, 98, or 2000, you
can transfer images from your camera to the computer by using the USB Disk Drive setting in the
PC Connect Mode submenu. In so doing, the camera will operate as a USB Mass Storage Device and
appear as a disk drive connected to your computer. You can then copy images from your camera to
the computer as you would from another disk drive. The following two subsections explain how.
Setting the USB Disk Drive Mode on the Camera
Note:
If you have a Macintosh computer and
have already followed the instructions in
the
HP 618 Digital Camera Quick Start Guide
to
set the USB Disk Drive mode on your
camera, skip these instructions and go on
to “Using Your Camera as a USB Mass Storage
Device to Transfer Images” on page 42.
You must first set your camera to USB Disk Drive mode as follows:
1
Set the camera mode dial to Capture mode
.
2
Power
on
the camera if you haven’t already.
3
Press the MENU button on the back of the camera. The Capture mode menus are displayed on
the image LCD.
4
Press the right arrow on the 4-way controller three times to move to the Preferences menu.
5
Press the down arrow on the 4-way controller three times to move to the PC Connect Mode
menu option.
6
Press the left (Edit) soft key. The PC Connect Mode submenu is displayed, and the USB Disk
Drive option is highlighted.
7
Press the left (Select) soft key. The checkmark moves to the USB Disk Drive option, and
you return to the Preferences menu of Capture mode. The camera is now set to USB Disk
Drive mode.
8
Press the right (Exit) soft key to exit the menu.
9
Power
off
the camera by using the camera’s power switch.
The USB Disk Drive mode will remain set on your camera
only
if you power off the camera by
using the power switch. By powering off the camera correctly, you will
not
have to repeat the
previous procedures when transferring images to your computer via the USB Disk Drive mode in
the future.
