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Using your Macintosh computer
You can copy images to your Macintosh
computer.
• “Cyber-shot Viewer” 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, or Mac
OS X (v10.0 or later)
USB jack:
Provided as standard
Recommended environment for using
“Music Transfer”
OS (pre-installed):
Mac OS X (v10.3 or
later)
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
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).
• There are three modes for a USB connection
when connecting a computer, [Auto] (default
setting), [Mass Storage] and [PTP] modes. This
section describes the [Auto] and [Mass Storage]
as examples. For details on [PTP], see page 61.
• 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 “Stage 1: Preparing the
camera and the computer” on page 66.
2
Connect the cable for multi-use
terminal.
Perform the same procedure as
described in “Stage 2: Connecting the
camera and your computer” on page 67.
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 71.
Recommended computer
environment
Copying and viewing images on
a computer
