Configuring Your Mac for Image Transfer
You can tell your Mac what you want to have happen when you plug in a camera or media card reader. This makes it simple to choose what software you want to use to transfer your images.
By default, when you plug a camera or card reader into your Mac, Image Capture will open automatically, and will present a window for managing the transfer of images.
Image Capture is included on all Macs and provides a simple way to manage the transfer of images from a camera or media card reader.
Image Capture lets you choose where you want your images downloaded and what to do after the images have copied, and if you press the Download Some button, you can even select specific images to copy.
Image Capture also lets you specify what you want your Mac to do when you plug in a card reader or camera. If you go to the Image Capture menu and choose Preferences, you'll see a pop-up menu that lets you select which application you want to have launched whenever a camera or media card reader is plugged into your Mac.
Using the preferences in Image Capture, you can control what should happen when a camera or media card reader is connected to your Mac.
By default, the menu will list iPhoto (if you have it), Image Capture, and possibly other applications if you have them installed. If you have a program installed that you'd like to use but don't see it listed, choose Other.... Image Capture will present you with a dialog box that allows you to pick the program you'd like to use.
Finally, if you'd like complete manual control, you can choose No Application.
You can change this menu at any time if you later want to change your image transfer preference. We'll go over a few image transfer options next.
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