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Import Photos From My Camera Using iPhoto

Importing images from my camera is so easy! All I need is my digital camera, USB cable, and the application iPhoto to be open to import photos automatically to my Mac. This method should work with pretty much any consumer or professional camera on the market including Kodak, Canon, Nikon, FujiFilm, and even more.

Open iPhoto. If iPhoto is not in the Dock, I can find it by opening the Finder and navigating to the Applications folder.

Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to my camera. The bigger end goes into my Mac.

Wait a few seconds. iPhoto will respond by displaying a black window asking if I want to import the photos from my camera.Click Import. This may take a few minutes. A progress bar will appear at the bottom of the iPhoto window and a thumbnail of each image will appear as I import them. That’s all there is to it!

Now I can organize the photos in Photo and view them individually or even make a slide show with Audio!

iPhoto places imported images into a specific folder on my hard drive. This folder is located at User: Pictures: iPhoto Library: Originals: Year: Roll #. So, if I want to give these pictures to a friend, I can navigate to this folder and then burn the image files to a CD. If I edit a picture in iPhoto, iPhoto places the edited version in a separate folder located at User: Pictures: iPhoto Library: Modified: Year: Roll #. This will be important to remember for the next blog post about iPhoto.

Importing Photos from a CD or Hard Drive

If a friend gives me pictures on a CD, I can import them to my iPhoto Library in a similar way. Select Import to Library… from the drop down File Menu.

Select the images and Click Choose. The photos will now be imported to my iPhoto Library.

Check back soon for a follow up to this article about editing photos with iPhoto.