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Disconnecting the Camera 
from Your Computer
1.
  Drag and drop the displayed drive 
or volume icon to the [Trash] icon.
When a screen appears prompting you to 
enter the administrator's password, enter 
the password.
2.
  Unplug the USB cable.
•  You can also select [Eject] from the [Special] 
menu in Mac OS 9 or the [File] menu in 
Mac OS X to cancel the connection.
•  A warning may be displayed if the USB cable 
is disconnected without first removing the 
camera from the system as described above. 
Be sure to remove the camera from the system 
before disconnecting the cable.
•  Confirm that transfer is complete before 
removing the camera from the system and 
disconnecting the cable.
•  When the camera is connected to a Macintosh 
computer, a “FINDER.DAT” or “.DS_Store” file 
may be created which the camera will list as 
an unmatched file. This file can be deleted 
without risk.
Downloading Images from an 
SD Memory Card
It is possible to download images from an SD 
memory card to computer via a PC card slot or 
card reader.
Images in an SD Memory Card
Images are stored on an SD memory card in a 
hierarchy, as shown here.
Image files
If you connect the camera or a card reader to a 
computer and then directly display, edit or save 
SD memory card images on the computer, you 
may no longer be able to play back the images 
on the camera. Download the images to the 
computer before displaying, editing or saving 
them.
Card Reader
This is a device connected to a computer to read 
the contents of cards. In addition to the memory 
card adapter-type, there are card readers into 
which you can directly load an SD memory card.