Importing Photos from a Digital Camera

Once you’ve take photos with your digital camera, you need to move them from your camera into iPhoto. This is easy on a Mac and requires no additional software.

To connect your digital camera:

  1. Use the USB cable that came with the camera to connect it to your Mac.
  2. Turn on your camera. In the viewing area, iPhoto displays the photos stored on your camera.

To import all the photos on your camera:

  1. Click the Import All button in the lower-right corner of the iPhoto window.

To import some of the photos on your camera:

  1. In the iPhoto viewing area, click the first photo you want to import. To select a range of photos, hold down the Command key and click the next photo you want to import.
  2. After selecting all the photos you want to import, click the Import Selected button in the lower-right corner of the iPhoto window.

When the import finishes, turn off your camera and disconnect it from your Mac. If you capture images on flash cards, simply connect a card reader to your Mac, insert a card, and let iPhoto take over from there.