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Just bought the amazingly light 12 inch MacBook with its impressive Retina display. The one downside is its single USB-c port, for everything IO. Is there any way of transferring Olympus and/or Panasonic RAW files to a Mac wirelessly, as my wife does with her TG4?

Appleshare seems to only be for iPads and iPhones (and other smartphones and pads).
 
erichK said:
Just bought the amazingly light 12 inch MacBook with its impressive Retina display. The one downside is its single USB-c port, for everything IO. Is there any way of transferring Olympus and/or Panasonic RAW files to a Mac wirelessly, as my wife does with her TG4?

Appleshare seems to only be for iPads and iPhones (and other smartphones and pads).
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RachelleK said:
erichK said:
Just bought the amazingly light 12 inch MacBook with its impressive Retina display. The one downside is its single USB-c port, for everything IO. Is there any way of transferring Olympus and/or Panasonic RAW files to a Mac wirelessly, as my wife does with her TG4?

Appleshare seems to only be for iPads and iPhones (and other smartphones and pads).
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erichK said:
Thank you Rachel,

Seems to be exactly what I need. Will download the trial version tomorrow to make sure that it works with my Olympus OM5ii and EM1 and also my Panasonic G85. The $20.14 CAD price is quite reasonable...but i do want try it out first. (Like too many others, I have even more software than camera bags gathering dust!)
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That sounds like a great idea. I downloaded the demo, and the transfer speed is abysmally slow. I have a Pen-F, and the manual says the camera is 802.11 b/g/n, so it should be faster. Anyone know if there's a problem with the wifi speed on Olympus cameras? (The Mac I ran the app on has ac, so it's very fast.)
 
I wonder why Olympus doesn't let the camera connect to your own wifi and make it accessible as a shared storage within the network...
 
Marco Zima said:
I wonder why Olympus doesn't let the camera connect to your own wifi and make it accessible as a shared storage within the network...
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Ive installed the trial version of the software, but having problems because although the MacBook "sees" the camera it, is unable to transfer from it. Possibly this is because the camera is linked to an older D-link router, which still routs our wired internet, rather than the new wireless network hosted by the cablemodem's wireless router.

But how can I change these settings - the network being linked to - for the camera. Will try using wife's iPad.
 
Cascable Transfer works by establishing a direct WiFi connection between your camera and computer, so your problem has nothing to do with your router--in fact, your camera cannot even connect to your router over WiFi.

Follow the directions from Cascable on connecting your computer to your camera's WiFi network and Transfer will work.

/Bill
 
Marco Zima said:
I wonder why Olympus doesn't let the camera connect to your own wifi and make it accessible as a shared storage within the network...
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It might be easier to use a card reader with a usb type C plug - they are available now. Transfer speeds can be much faster than wireless. That is how I do it with my Macbook.
 
ayewing said:
It might be easier to use a card reader with a usb type C plug - they are available now. Transfer speeds can be much faster than wireless. That is how I do it with my Macbook.
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Reading TFM did, indeed, remind me to switch the handshaking security options (wireless setup on the OM5ii) to "private". This time scanning in the "QR" pattern not only caused my trial version of Cascable Transfer to recognize of the OM5ii, but also to go on and upload thumbnails of the camera's stored images. Clicking on these fairly promptly produced a full-size image, though -minor gripe- you always have to exit full screen and return to the thumbnail catalog to click onto and expand another image, (It would be much handier to be able to move directly form one full screen image to another, as Preview allows one to do.

The ability to select RAW or JPG or both is especially useful, as I usually shoot both, but usually will want to wait to process the ORF's when I get back to my studio/man cave. It also speeds the rather slow upload (from camera to computer) process considerable.

I will buy the program It is handy, and saves wear and tear on that single ISB-C port.

Do wish that it also worked for the Panasonic G85,
 
This stuff is just laziness on the part of the vendors. There's no reason that a camera couldn't be configured to act as either an access point (as is common) or join an existing network, or even both at the same time. I just bought a Western Digital My Passport Wireless Pro. It acts as an access point, allowing you to control it from your phone, tablet or PC. It will also at the same time connect to an existing network, and allow your phone etc. to access the Internet thru it, at the same time it's controlling the My Passport. All in a device that costs under $200.
 
SGA said:
This stuff is just laziness on the part of the vendors. There's no reason that a camera couldn't be configured to act as either an access point (as is common) or join an existing network, or even both at the same time.
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Panasonic cameras will do the above but not at the same time, you need to choose direct connection or via your wifi network.

Even better, the Panasonics allow you to save a number of network connections/setups as favourites so that they are easily selected next time...

Olympus need to smarten up.
 
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