Using Your Macintosh Computer - Sony MHS-CM1 Instruction Manual

Using your Macintosh computer

You can copy images to your Macintosh
computer.
• "PMB" is not compatible with Macintosh
computers.
Recommended computer environment
The following environment is
recommended for a computer connected to
the camera.
OS (pre-installed): Mac OS 9.1/9.2/ Mac
OS X (v10.1 to v10.5)
USB jack: Provided as standard
b Notes
• 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).
• Only [Mass Storage] mode is available for the
USB connection of this camera.
• When your computer resumes from the suspend
or sleep mode, communication between your
camera and your computer may not recover at
the same time.
Copying and viewing images on a
computer
1
Prepare the camera and a Macintosh
computer, then connect the supplied USB
cable.
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2
Copy image files to the Macintosh
computer.
1 Double-click the newly recognized
icon t [DCIM] (still images) or
[MP_ROOT] (movies) 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 "Mobile HD
Snap Camera Handbook".
3
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.
To delete the USB connection
Perform the procedures listed below
beforehand when:
• Disconnecting the USB cable
• Removing "Memory Stick PRO Duo" media
• Inserting "Memory Stick PRO Duo" media into
the camera after copying images from the
internal memory
• Turning off the camera
Drag and drop the drive icon or the icon of the
"Memory Stick PRO Duo" media to the
"Trash" icon.
The camera is disconnected from the computer.