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Using your macintosh computer – Sony DSC-R1 User Manual

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Using your Macintosh computer

You can copy images to your computer and
create a video CD using “ImageMixer
VCD2” (supplied).

Recommended environment for
copying images

OS (pre-installed): Mac OS 9.1, 9.2, or Mac

OS X (v10.0 or later)

USB connector: Provided as standard

Recommended environment for using
“ImageMixer VCD2”

OS (pre-installed): Mac OS X (v10.1.5 or

later)

CPU: iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power

Mac G3/G4/G5 series, Mac mini

Memory: 128 MB or more (256 MB or more

is recommended.)

Hard Disk: Disk space required for

installation—approximately 250 MB

Display: 1024 × 768 dots or more,

32,000 colors or more

• QuickTime 4 or later must be pre-installed.

(QuickTime 5 or later is recommended.)

Recommended environment for using
“Image Data Converter SR Ver.1.0”

OS (pre-installed): Mac OS X (v10.3-10.4)

CPU: iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power

Mac G4/G5 series, Mac mini

Memory: 256 MB or more (512 MB or more

is recommended.)

Display: 1024 × 768 dots or more,

32,000 colors or more

Notes on connecting your camera to a
computer

• 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).

• There are three modes for a USB connection

when connecting a computer, [Auto] (default
setting), [Mass Storage] and [PTP] modes. This
section describes the [Auto] and [Mass Storage]
as examples. For details on [PTP], see page 81.

• When your computer resumes from the suspend

or sleep mode, communication between your
camera and your computer may not recover at
the same time.

1

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 86.

2

Connect the USB cable.

Perform the same procedure as that
described in “Stage 3: Connecting the
camera and your computer” on page 87.

Recommended computer
environment

Copying and viewing images on
a computer