STEP ONE (Connecting Your Camera to Your Mac)

When you bought your digital camera, chances are it came with a USB connector cable so you can transfer photos from your camera to your computer. If for some reason you can't find your cable (or your camera didn't have one from the start), you could buy a replacement cable. However, I recommend that you instead buy an inexpensive memory card reader (you can find digital camera memory card readers at Apple.com, the Apple Store, or wherever digital cameras are sold). Here's how they work: You turn off your digital camera, eject your memory card from your camera, and then slide your memory card into your card reader. You then take the card's USB connector and insert it into your Mac's USB port. Once you do this, your Mac will instantly recognize that you've connected a digital camera (or memory card reader). Automatically, iPhoto will launch (the application we use to import, organize, edit, and print photos) so you can begin importing your photos. Likely, this is your first time launching iPhoto, so you'll see a Welcome screen pop up asking if you want to use iPhoto as your default image editor. Click the Use iPhoto button, and the iPhoto interface will appear.