Usingyourmacintosh Computer - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S40 User's Manual / Troubleshooting

UsingyourMacintosh computer
Yuu can copy images to your computer and
create a video CD using "hm_geMixer
VCD2" (supplied).
camera and your conlputer may not recover at
tile Salllt2 thne.
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OS (pre-installed): Mac OS 9.1+ 9.2+ or Mac
OS X (vl0.0-vl0.3)
USB connector: Provided as standard
Recommendedcomputerenvironment
forusing"lmagelixer VCD2"
OS (pre-installed):
Mac OS X (vl0. l.5 or
later)
CPU: iMac, eMac, iBook+ PowerBook+
Power
Mac G3/G4 series
Memory:
128 MB or more (256 MB or more
is recommended.)
Hard Disk: Disk space required for
installation - approximately 250 MB
Display:
1024 x 768 dots or more, 32,000
colors or more
• QuickTime 4 or later must be pre-inslalled.
(QuickTinle 5 or laler is reconlmended.)
Notes on connecting your camera to a
computer
• Operations alv not guaranteed tor all tile
recolnnlended conllD/itcr en'*'ironnlenls
mentioned above.
• If you connect two or more USB devices Iv)a
single compuler at tile sanle time. some devices.
including your camera, may not operate
depending on tile lyl)es of USB devices you are
using.
•
Operations
arc not guaranleed when USillg a
USB lmb.
• Connecting your camera using a USB intertiJce
that is compatible witll Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0
compliant) allows advanced transler (higll speed
transl?r) as this camera is compatible wfih Hi-
Speed USB (USB 2.0 conlpliant).
• There arc two modes lor a USB connection
when connecting a computer, [Normal] (tile
delault setting) and [PTPI modes. This section
describes tile [Normal] mode as an example. For
details on [PTPI. see page 50.
• When your COtllpuler resumes [ronl the
suspend
or sleep mode, colnnlunicalion between your
Prepare the camera and a
Macintosh computer.
Perform the same procedure as that
described in "Stage 2: Preparing the
camera and the computer" on page 54.
2
Connect the USB cable.
Perlk_rm the same procedure as that
described in "Stage 3: Connecting the
camera and your computer" on page 54.
3
Copy image files to the Macintosh
computer.
@Double-click the newly recognized icon
[DCIM] _ the folder where the
images you want to copy arc stored.
@ Drag and drop the image files to the
hard disk icon.
The finage files arc copied to the hard
disk.
• For details on lhe slorage localion of the
imz_ges and file names, see page 58.
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N. View images on the computer.
Double<lick the hard disk icon _ the
desired image file in the fielder
containing the copied files to open that
image file.