Sony DSLR-A100 - Manual (Page 120)

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Using your Macintosh computer
You can copy images to your computer or
edit a RAW data file using “Image Data
Converter SR Ver.1.1”.
• “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 X (v10.1.3 or
later)
USB jack: Provided as standard
Recommended environment for using
“Image Data Converter SR Ver.1.1”
OS (pre-installed): Mac OS X (v10.3-10.4)
CPU: iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power
Mac G4/G5 series, Mac mini
Memory: 256 MB or more (512 MB or more
is recommended.)
Display: 1024 × 768 dots or more,
32,000 colors or more
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).
• Check that [Transfer mode] in the Setup
menu is set to [Mass Storage]. If it is set to
[PTP], the camera is not recognized.
• 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 107.
2
Connect the USB cable.
Perform the same procedure as that
described in “Stage 2: Connecting the
camera and your computer” on page
108.
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 112.
Recommended computer
environment
Copying and viewing images on
a computer