HP Photosmart 618 HP Photosmart 618 digital camera - (English) User Guide - Page 42
Using Your Camera as a USB Mass Storage Device to Transfer Images,
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Note: Software for Macintosh computers was included with your camera. If you wish, you can use this software to transfer images to your Macintosh, instead of the procedures here. This software also provides tools for editing images and using them in creative projects. Figure 24: Connectors on the USB Cable To Macintosh Keyboard or Windows Computer To Camera Figure 25: Connecting the USB Cable to the Camera Using Your Camera as a USB Mass Storage Device to Transfer Images Once your camera is set to USB Disk Drive mode, you can transfer images to either your Macintosh OS 8.6 or better computer, or your Windows Me, 98, or 2000 computer, by doing the following: 1 Power on the computer if you haven't already. 2 Connect the rectangular end of the USB cable to the USB port on either your Macintosh computer's keyboard, or to the front or back exterior of your Windows computer (see Figure 24). 3 Open the door to the camera's connector compartment and connect the square end of the USB cable to the bottom (USB) connector (see Figure 25). 4 Set the camera mode dial to PC Connect mode . 5 Power on the camera. If you have a: Macintosh computer, an icon labeled "Untitled" appears on your computer's desktop. The camera is now viewed by your Macintosh as a new disk drive. A Windows computer, the camera appears as a removable disk drive connected to your computer under the My Computer folder in Windows Explorer. If you have a Windows 98 or 2000 computer and have installed the HP Photo Imaging Software on your computer (by following the instructions in the HP 618 Digital Camera Quick Start Guide), then the main window of the HP Photo Imaging Software also opens. You can either follow step 6 below to copy the image files from the camera to the computer in Windows Explorer, or you can use the HP Photo Imaging Software to transfer the images. 6 Copy the image files from the disk drive (the camera) to the hard drive of your computer as you would from a floppy disk. Chapter 5: Sharing Images 42 Transferring Images to Your Computer