You are brilliant Neil So simple! I was thinking of Canon Image Browser, the little grey cells are a bit deficient these days.
Thanks for persisting. Diana On 22/02/2012, at 7:28 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > Hi Diana, > > My suggestion/question regarding Image Capture was whether Image Capture > would see the attached camera WITHOUT using any Canon software - in essence > using the camera as its own Card Reader - this may not be possible but have > you actually tried connecting the camera by usb and opening Image Capture - > does it just say "No camera or scanner connected" - if so then, yes, a Card > reader may be required. > > However, if iPhoto is getting the photos off your camera without the Canon > software then I would have expected Image capture to be able to do the same. > > But then again, my expectations are frequently unmet ;o) > > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > > on 22/2/12 4:42 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens at diag...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> Hi Neil >> >> The software for my old Canon PowerShot G2 was OS9. I spoke to Trevor at Team >> Digital, he sold it to me in the Perth Pro days, he said he was sure there >> was >> an OSX version. I had failed to find one and so did he. >> >> Trevor suggested a Card Reader and I shall probably get one. In the meantime >> I >> located the JPGs for the photos I downloaded in iPhoto, duplicated them and >> put them in a folder in my system. >> >> But I do need to master iPhoto so that I can have photos etc on my iPad. >> These include my Family History Charts that are in Canvas 3.5 (no substitute >> in OSX) which I export as JPGs and put in iPhoto. >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Regards >> Diana >> >> On 21/02/2012, at 6:42 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: >> >>> Hi Diana, >>> >>> If you still think iPhoto is unnecessarily complicated, have you tried >>> opening Image Capture with the camera connected by usb and seeing if Image >>> Capture sees the Canon camera? >>> >>> I also prefer to organise my photos how I want to file them - rather than >>> the way iPhoto wants to file them - and use a separate editor (eg Photoshop >>> Elements or Graphic Converter) if I want to edit them. >>> >>> My old Canon camera has now died :o( - but with my iPhone, I have turned off >>> synching with iPhoto and I use Image capture to download photos off the >>> phone. >>> >>> Just a thought. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> Neil >>> -- >>> Neil R. Houghton >>> Albany, Western Australia >>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >>> Email: n...@possumology.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> on 21/2/12 12:15 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens at diag...@iinet.net.au wrote: >>> >>>> I have avoided iPhoto & iTunes up until now as I thought they were >>>> unnecessarily complicated. >>>> >>>> I hate the way iPhoto puts one camera download in multiple folders if the >>>> pics >>>> were not all taken on the same day. I previously used the Canon software >>>> but >>>> my camera is so old there is no OSX version. Now I have a MacBookPro it is >>>> iPhoto or a card reader. >>>> >>>> I only used iTunes to put Pod Casts on my iPod but now I find I like some >>>> music on my iPad. I imported a Peggy Lee / George Shearing Album from CD >>>> and >>>> it filed the two instrumentals under George and the vocals under Peggy. >>>> Same >>>> nasty busy-body behaviour! >>>> >>>> But I need to learn to cope with this and manage my files. Please someone >>>> point me towards a tutorial for the simple-minded. >>>> >>>> And maybe someone can advise me about the iTunes Store. I wanted to buy a >>>> few >>>> tracks from the Kate Bush Album 'The Kick Inside', it is $8.99 and contains >>>> 13 >>>> tracks, 12 at $2.19 each plus one at $1.69, doesn't add up. Buying the >>>> album >>>> is the best option but can I be sure I shall get all the tracks? If I don't >>>> get them all they may not include the ones I want. >>>> >>>> Best wishes to all from Diana >>>> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
