Open 'Image Capture', go to preferences and select, from the drop-down:
'When a camera is connected open:' - then select either 'image capture' (just select and import to a folder) or, if he wants to use iPhoto to organise his pictures 'iPhoto'.
Something is screwed with his settings, as he must have either asked it to open iPhoto without having a current install, or 'no application'. In which case it should show the image folder as a drive on the desktop.
That's a much better idea than reading up on how iMacs work, or don't...
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You know, I was kinda enjoying reading the discussion, because whilst I don't own an iMac, it is on my list of computers to try for an extended period and lets face it, knowing about something before you buy is a good thing.
And then you throw in a snide remark like that, which really wasn't called for nor help matters.
The iMac attitude is - rightly or probably wrongly - a big reason why I have not yet dipped a toe into iMac ownership. Yeah that gives me a chip off the block. Sorry.
Charlie adores her iPod and with good reasons; I like it too, just not her music tastes... ;-)
It wasn't a 'snide' remark - it was an *accurate* remark.
'I don't understand this, so I'll blame the OS' is all too common - and quite often used by people looking to snipe at an OS other than the one they choose to use.
That's almost as bad as Elder discounting an iPod, despite it being the best value and easiest to use music player on the market, because it's 'too cool'.
You're producing something of a smokescreen here.
Just because others do, doesn't mean you should...
No, that would be because it isn't always the best value nor is it the easiest to use.
Funny, most of the rest of the world, including most group tests disagree with you on that one.
You reckon the Mondeo doesn't handle for jack. Funny how most of the rest of the world, including most group tests, disagree with you on that one.
SteveH is spot on - don't look at it from a Windows perspective and you'll be fine. I'd never really used a Mac at all up until a 3 or 4 years ago, when the job I was in required me to support them. Once I'd spent a couple of hours with one of the Mac guys and more importantly "unlearned" some Windows things, it was really easy.
Mike P
I use Media Monkey at home, but on my work PC I've used Songbird as an online radio player which have full media player support.
Heh; I use my Treo for internet radio or my Zen for FM radio. I can't (won't) use my work machine for that sort of thing...
Did somebody say iPods were the best? No iPod has a built-in FM radio... ;-)
Ah we quite often have an office pc running a shoutcast server to the local network with someone's ipod or a newly bought cd as the source.
Obviously, with clients on the phone and meetings it is all done with headphones, rather than just sticking an ipod into a set of speakers.
Fuxake Dan, you're no fun. Don't let daft little things like facts get in the way of a good bit of Mac bashing :D
It may be the easiest to use (if you use iTunes) but it isn't the best value. Value is relative. Why buy 120gig if you only want to stick on10 albums for a short drive or a light jog at the gym.
What can be easier than copy folder, paste folder.
Having stuff organised so you don't have several tens of thousands of tracks randomly scattered around your hard drive?
I can anticipate your answer - 'you organise them yourself with folders'
- but I haven't got time for that, not when iTunes does it all for me when I stick a CD in the laptop.
Because I have all my music with me, all of the time? - so I don't have to decide what I want to listen to and stick it on the player before I leave the house.
When I plugged it into my PC, the iPhone I mean, nothing happened cos I didn't have iTunes installed heh! But I this is just because it was an iPhone, and with it's built in OS thing it can't just show up as a disk drive like my iPod classic does. I didn't need iTunes installed for Winamp to work with that.
The iPhone was nice and easy to jailbreak and get plenty of free apps and stuff onto, but that's more to do with how good the hooky software is that jailbroke it for me :-)
Heh, I must admit, my 80gb ipod classic has about 70gb free. Despite my music collection being about 60gb. I have loads of stuff I don't wanna listen to hardly ever, and quite a bit of stuff I've downloaded for other people, or I just don't like any more, but I still don't wanna delete it in case I fancy listening one day and it's not doing anyharm keeping it because PC hard drives are so cheap these days. But there's no way I wanna carry it all around with me and have to skip past it when it comes on, I'd spend half the time selecting something new :-) Surely you can't hand on heart say that you want all that music with you?
Sorry :-(
Is this your way of crying out for help? Do you just... just need a hug? 'Cos I'm here for you big guy :-) And I'm sure the Skinny one would immerse himself in your bosom and hold you tightly as well.
Come here PeteyPeteyPeteyPete!
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