Sony DSC-W30 - Manual (Page 70)

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Using your Macintosh computer
You can copy images to your computer.
• The supplied software 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
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 54.
• 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 that
described in “Stage 1: Preparing the
camera and the computer” on page 59.
2
Connect the cable for multi-use
terminal (DSC-W50/W70) or the
USB cable (DSC-W30/W40).
Perform the same procedure as that
described in “Stage 2: Connecting the
camera and your computer” on page 60.
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 64.
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