Chapter 26. Transferring Images to Your Macintosh

If you have a digital camera or a scanner, or if you see an interesting picture on the Internet, you can save those pictures on your Macintosh. But before you can store and organize pictures on your Macintosh, you need to know how to get them onto your Macintosh in the first place.

Project goal: Learn how to retrieve and store pictures from a digital camera, scanner, or web page.

What You'll Be Using

To retrieve and store pictures on your Macintosh, you'll need the following:

  • The iPhoto program

  • The Image Capture program

  • The Safari web browser

  • The Grab program

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