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Using your Macintosh computer
You can copy images to your Macintosh
computer.
• “PMB” 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
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 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 [PictBridge] modes. This
section describes [Mass Storage] as an example.
For details on [PictBridge], see page 57.
• 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 71.
2
Connect the camera to your
computer with the dedicated USB
cable.
Perform the same procedure as
described in “Connecting the camera to
your computer” on page 71.
3
Copy image files to the Macintosh
computer.
1
Double-click the newly recognized icon
t
[DCIM]
t
the folder where the
images you want to copy are stored.
2
Drag 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 73.
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