Hei AES

AES wrote:
Can anyone say what's the minimal software needed to download photos
from a Canon PowerShot A710 to a Mac iBook running OS 10.3.9 via the USB
cable?

There is no 'minimum' - just plug the camera to the USB, and it'll
occour on the desktop. Doubleclick on the camera icon and find the
folder containing the pictures and simply drag them to a place/folder
after your choice. - Or you can simply drag the whole folder with pics
to the folder 'Pictures' in the sidebar in Finder.

I really don't want to keep all, or in fact any, of the extensive suite
of Canon software that comes with the camera on my Mac. I just want to
download the images, in JPEG, not necessarily even RAW, format; and then
deal with them with my own software.

I don't use Canon myself, but I've seen the software, and I donot like
it either... So just follow instructions above for transfering the pics
to your computer.

After this, just open the picture folder on the camera and drag the
content to the trash and empty it. - Now they are also removed from the
camera... Simply and easy...

And then of course you also can use iPhoto - a part of OS X, but I find
this even worse than the Canon software. I'm having an Olympus myself,
but I haven't even installed the CamediaMaster software, though it's
rather good for organizing etc., but it's so complex in use, and it
doesn't always put the pictures, where you want to put them. So for this
use, I use GraphicsConverter - picture library mode / slideshow mode,
and then edit in Photoshop if necessary.

Cheers, ERik Richard

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