In Windows there’s probably a program that auto starts as soon as you plug your card reader / memory card in and it walks you through saving your pictures off of your memory card to your PC.

Mac OS X has a similar feature. If you have iLife installed ( Installed by default on all new Macs ) then when you plug in your memory card reader, iPhoto will launch asking you to import your photos. Quick and simple.

How about if you don’t have iLife installed ? That means no iPhoto

No worries, you can still save your pictures off of your memory card, all you have to do is plug your card reader into an available USB port and make sure that your memory card is inserted into the card reader. A few seconds after the memory card reader is plugged in, you should see a drive appear on your desktop, usually with the name of your camera.

Double click on on this drive to open it and there should be some folders inside, keep clicking inside the folder going deeper into the folder structure, eventually you’ll get to the folder that has all of your pictures in it. While inside the folder with your pictures press ( Command + A ) then press ( Command + C ) then go to a folder on your Mac where you want to save your pictures and within that folder press ( Command + V )

Alternatively you can try using Image Capture, its a utility that comes pre-loaded on your Mac, you can find it in your Applications folder.

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