Dowloading photos from Sony digtal camera

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Hi, Duma. Welcome to the Discussions.

1. First, ignore Water Drop's comments. He is some psychotic child who was banned from the Discussions earlier today after posting rude and profane anti-Mac rants.

2. I suspect you have a Sony Mavica, yes? Is it one of the models listed on the Mac OS X Digital Camera Support page? If not, which exact model and model number Sony camera do you have?

3. In Finder > Preferences > General, have you selected "Hard Disks" and "CDs, DVDs, and iPods" under "Show these items on desktop"? Does the floppy disk appear in the Finder Sidebar when inserted?

4. Have you tried connecting the camera directly to your Mac (presuming the camera can be connected via USB)? If not, try that. Also, if the camera does not show up on the desktop when directly connected, try launching Image Capture (in the Macintosh HD > Applications folder) and seeing if it recognizes the camera.

5. You wrote:

"...into my floppy disc adapter for the Mac..."

I presume you mean a USB external floppy drive? If so, have you been able to mount any other floppy disks — i.e. floppy disks other than those from the the camera — using that device? What make/model USB floppy drive are you using?

6. You should provide more specific infomation about your iMac than the Product Family Number A1173. For example, is it an iMac G5 17-inch?

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

1. OK.

2. The Mavica MVC-FD100 is supported. Click Here for the Web page listing supported cameras.

I had posted the same link in my earlier post but perhaps you did not recognize that Mac OS X Digital Camera Support was a hyperlink to that page.

3. The floppy may be in a special format that Mac OS X does not recognize. Had you installed some software on your Windows computer for use with the floppy disks from the camera?

4. OK. I suspect that will work given how that the camera is listed in the page cited in item 2 above as supported.

5. OK. Just wanted to make sure the floppy drive was working.

6. OK. I think you have this specific iMac and, if I am correct, should change the "My Computer" info about your computer to read:

iMac (Early 2006) Intel Core Duo 17-inch, 1.83 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB HDD, SuperDrive, AirPort, Bluetooth.

That's easy to understand, very specific, and there's enough room with the two lines for "My Computer" info to list all.

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

Hi, Duma.

You're welcome.

I strongly suspect that if you have the correct cable to connect the camera to a computer via USB (which, according to info I found on Sony's site, should have come with the camera), that the camera and the floppy disk it contains will be recognized in either iPhoto or Image Capture, both of which can be found in the Macintosh HD > Applications folder.

You might want to try this page at Sony's web site and search for "os x" including the quotes.

In particular, Sony Knowledge Article C208207 provides instructions for downloading pictures from the camera via USB and image capture. That article does not mention any restrictions concerning Memory Stick vs. floppy.

My experience in helping others with Sony devices is (a) the devices are designed with Windows in mind and are often not Mac-friendly; (b) the Sony support personnel don't understand Macs and tend to push customers away.

As you can see from the last link I found, the Sony Knowledge Base does have instructions on using the camera with a Mac.

You wrote:

"Thanks to you, I believe I have now found out all I need to know about this problem."

Again, you're welcome.

Since you feel that way, I suggest you either mark this post, or my earlier post, as Solved.

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X