Nikon 5900 User Manual - Page 75

More on Playback Viewing Pictures on a Computer Using the UC-E6 USB cable and PictureProject software provided with your camera, you can transfer photographs and movies to a computer and view them. Before pictures can be transferred (copied) to your computer, PictureProject must be installed. For information on installing PictureProject, see the Quick Start Guide and the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD). Setting the USB Option on the Camera Before connecting the camera to a computer, set the USB option according to the method for transfer. Pictures can be copied from the camera to the computer by: • Pressing the (Transfer ) Button on the camera • Clicking the Transfer button in PictureProject Which method you will use depends on your computer's operating system and the USB option selected in the Set-up menu of the camera. Set the USB option by referring to the table ( 65) and the procedure ( 66). (Transfer ) Button Operating system Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later) Pictures transferred using: Camera (Trans- PictureProject fer ) Button* Transfer button Choose Mass storage Choose Mass storage or PTP. or PTP. Choose Mass storage**. Choose Mass storage. Choose PTP. Choose Mass storage or PTP. * The camera (Transfer ) Button can not be used when the memory card write protect switch is in the lock position. Slide the switch to "write" position when transferring pictures ( 13). **Pictures stored in the memory cannot be transferred with the camera (Transfer ) Button. Use the Transfer button in PictureProject, or copy the pictures in the memory to the memory card ( 113) and then transfer the pictures to the computer. 65