How to get images from your digital camera onto your Mac

Here we'll learn how to transfer images from your digital camera or phone to your Macintosh computer, so you can work with them as digital image files.

Step 1 Connect the camera to your computer

You will need the cable that connects your camera to your computer, which came with your camera.  If you don't have one, and cannot borrow one from someone else, there may be other ways you can get the image into your computer, such as emailing it to yourself.

Connect the cable to the camera and then to the computer.