233
USING THE CAMERA
W
ITH A COMPUTER
Camera-Macintosh Connection
Pressing the camera’s [ON/OFF]
bu
tton p
u
ts it into the USB
mode,
w
hich is indicated
b
y the camera’s operation lamp lighting
green. In this mode, yo
u
r Macintosh recognizes the memory
card loaded in the camera (or the camera’s
bu
ilt-in memory if it
does not ha
v
e a memory card loaded) as a dri
v
e.
The appearance of the dri
v
e icon depends on the Mac OS
v
ersion yo
u
are
u
sing.
From no
w
on, yo
u
w
ill not ha
v
e to perform steps 3 thro
u
gh 5 in
the a
b
o
v
e proced
u
re
w
hen yo
u
connect the camera to yo
u
r
Macintosh (
u
nless yo
u
change the camera’s USB settings for
some reason).
IMPORTANT!
•
Ne
v
er disconnect the USB ca
b
le
w
itho
u
t exiting the USB
mode first. Doing so can corr
u
pt image data. See
“Disconnect the camera from the Macintosh” on page 235
for the correct steps yo
u
need to perform to disconnect the
camera from the Macintosh safely.
■
Connecting the Camera to Your Macintosh
after the First Time
Since yo
u
need to config
u
re men
u
settings only the first time yo
u
connect the camera to yo
u
r Macintosh, later connections are
m
u
ch simpler.
1.
Turn off the camera, and connect the USB
cable that comes bundled with the camera to
the camera and your Macintosh.
2.
Turn on the camera.
Pressing the camera’s [ON/OFF]
bu
tton p
u
ts it into the USB
mode,
w
hich is indicated
b
y the camera’s operation lamp
lighting green.
