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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 v10.5)
USB jack:
Provided as standard
Recommended environment for using
“Music Transfer”
OS (pre-installed):
Mac OS X (v10.3 to
v10.5)
Memory:
64 MB or more (128 MB or more is
recommended)
Hard Disk:
Disk space required for
installation—approximately 250 MB
• Quick Time 7.4 must be pre-installed.
Notes on connecting the 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 the 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 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 76.
• When your computer resumes from the suspend
or sleep mode, communication between the
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 94.
2
Connect the camera to your
computer with the USB cable.
Perform the same procedure as
described in “Connecting the camera to
your computer” on page 94.
Recommended computer
environment
Copying and viewing images on
a computer
