Importing photos to Mac from EOS 77D

[Runnerguy101]

Hi all

New to the EOS 77D. What is the best way to import photos to my Mac for editing and saving to Photos for Mac? I've been removing the memory card each time I shoot but am concerned about wear and tear on the card slot door of the camera.

Thanks
Larry

 

[JRET]

I've been using a card reader for 15+ years ... haven't broken anything yet.

 

[Mark B.]

Hi all

New to the EOS 77D. What is the best way to import photos to my Mac for editing and saving to Photos for Mac? I've been removing the memory card each time I shoot but am concerned about wear and tear on the card slot door of the camera.

Thanks
Larry

If anything, the contacts on the card will wear out first. But, I've never had a problem with the cards used in my 80D and 7D II.

 

[JPAlbert]

I take the card out and use a card reader on the Mac, too.
Seems to be "the fastest, easiest" way...

When I move photos to the Mac, I move them into a newly-created folder on the desktop. After that, to wherever I'm going to keep them.

One other thing I did:
I created an alias of the folder that the pics are located on the card.
When I connect the card reader, and the icon for the SD card appears on the desktop, I can then just double click the alias (of the folder where the pics are on the card), and it opens right to that location. I then just select what I want, and drag-n-drop them into the desktop folder. Works for me.

 

[JRET]

• using the built-in card reader on my MacBook Air I download all images to folder(s) on the desktop - I sometimes download the card's image folder - i.e. "100CANON" and then rename that folder to the name of the body used.
• using NameChanger I rename all images from "IMG_0001" to the name of the body used - i.e. 6D_0001, 80D_0001, M2_0001, etc. I often use 3-4 different bodies in the same day and this renaming solution works well for me in avoiding duplicate file names.
• using drag & drop I copy all images from the MB Air to photos/jpg or photos/raw on my NAS. the images are organized by date (folders) - i.e. 2019-01, 2019-02, 2019-03, etc.
• if there are more than a few images, I usually start a manual backup of the photos folder on the NAS. At this point I have 4 sets of images: SD card, MBAir desktop, NAS server, and backup. Regular backups are scheduled daily at 2AM but I always "force" a manual backup for newly added photos/videos.
• Minor editing is sometimes done on the MBAir but most editing is done on a MacMini w/large monitor. I copy all images to be edited to a hard drive in a USB dock, never touching the originals on the NAS.
• FWIW, I maintain 2 more backups, both on portable drives that are stored off site - one in a bank vault and the other in another location. These backups are done weekly & monthly.

Last night I shot over 1000 photos at an event using the 6D & 80D. It took me about 20 minutes to download, rename, upload to NAS, and backup everything.

I've tried other methods but the card reader (esp. built-in) works best for me. So far I have not experienced a card failure, door failure, or any other problems as a direct result of inserting/removing the card.

 

[Bryan]

+1 for card reader since 2002 = never a problem.

 

[RC91]

I use the built in card reader on my iMac and it has worked great.

 

[vanman99]

I've been using a card reader for 15+ years ... haven't broken anything yet.

I have CF cards from back to the Nikon 950 to current 50-D in all those years only failure was the Sandisk USB card reader, replaced with Lexar firewire many years ago and now a La Cie 2Big 8T, which has CF and SD and USB3.1 SS.

 

[rmexpress22]

You can do it over wifi, but it's slow and inconvenient.

You can do it that way if you have a easy life and decide you want to make things difficult for yourself.

You can plug in a cable into the camera, from your mac. But I'd be more concerned about damaging the USB port.

So, yeah, I do think removing the SD card is the easiest and safest way.