Getting images back on a memory card

[miniandy]

Hi all,

I have uploaded my images from my camera on to my computer but now I want to take a couple from the computer and put them back on the camera so I can go to Boots and print them out. However I am having difficulty doing this - I just can't seem to figure out why it is so hard!

I am using a Canon Ixus 50 and a Mac with OS 10.3.9. I am just using iPhoto - I haven't bothered with the Canon software.

Can anyone help me out?

Cheers

[Major Bloodnok]

You should be able to connect the camera so that it acts as a "normal" drive (you should see it appear in Explorer with a new drive letter). In which case, simply drag and drop the files.

Failing that, forget about connecting the camera and invest in a USB multi-card reader that you can leave attached to the PC permanently. You can definitely drag and drop then.

[Graham@Reading]

Yeah I don't think you can with some cameras as they don't appear as external drives as Bloodnok suggests. If they do, you're fine.

I'd echo his suggestion for a card reader. 10 quid from Dixons and a damn sight faster than any camera connection too

[pdV6]

Or just burn them onto a 10p CDR - Boots etc can cope with them just fine.

[tog]

Yes - a card reader is easiest, but there is one caveat to be aware of. Mac OS X creates invisible files to hold file and folder information when you browse or copy anything to the card. You won't (by default at least) see them when the card is connected to your Mac, but when you put the card into the reader at Boots or wherever (or a Windows PC), there will be twice as many files as you expect. For every file called photo_xx.jpg, there will also be a corresponding small file called ._photo_xx.jpg. There might also be a ._DStore file in each folder. You can safely ignore these, but obviously make sure you choose the correct one for printing!

Apple support article

Edit to add: Having just read your post again, as you're using iPhoto, you can change what happens when the camera is connected to the Mac. If the camera has the choice, you want it to be set to 'Mass Storage' so that it should allow it to function like a card reader. Although I don't use it, I know iPhoto uses a complicated folder structure to organise its archive, so to find the original files within iPhoto, is there a right click option to "Reveal in Finder" or somesuch, which wil show you the actual files you need to copy over to the card?

Or as pdv6 said, just use the Burn Photos command and bung them on a CD

Edited by tog on Wednesday 1st November 10:47

[miniandy]

Hmm. I can't seem to set the camera to a storage device unfortunately - is this something I would do through iPhoto?

p.s. CDR idea is a good one!

Cheers

[tog]

miniandy said:

Hmm. I can't seem to set the camera to a storage device unfortunately - is this something I would do through iPhoto?

p.s. CDR idea is a good one!

Cheers

When you connect the camera what happens? Does iPhoto automatically launch, or does the camera appear as if it were a drive in the Finder? You might be able to change what happens when the camera is connected by using the Image Capture application. However, it's probably easiest to use a CD this time, and get a card reader for future use - they're well worth having and make downloading much easier and faster.

[miniandy]

tog said:

When you connect the camera what happens? Does iPhoto automatically launch, or does the camera appear as if it were a drive in the Finder? You might be able to change what happens when the camera is connected by using the Image Capture application. However, it's probably easiest to use a CD this time, and get a card reader for future use - they're well worth having and make downloading much easier and faster.

When I connect the camera it launches iPhoto - but I changed this to launch Image Capture but I couldn't for the life of me get it to show in the Finder..

I ended up using a CD - much easier!

Cheers for your help!