topic Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

RobCramer — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 21:47:16 GMT

I can't get my computer to register the camera at all. It's plugged in and turned on. I don't see the camera in Finder, Photos, or other photo editing programs that I have. I've tried every port, I've tried turning the camera on after and before plugging it in, I've tried restarting everything. Nothing will tempt my computer to recognize the camera. What do you think might be happening here? Do I need a driver? Could it be the cord? I'm also using an adaptor: a regular USB to lightning.

Thank you for any suggestions,

Rob

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:59:59 GMT

You state Lightning. Are you trying to connect to an iPad?

If you connect the camera to your computer with a USB cable start the Image Capture application and see if it sees the camera.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

Waddizzle — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 01:33:26 GMT

Exactly which camera model? The use of port adapters has been known to interfere with communications with Canon cameras.

Make sure the camera is configured to use the USB port, not Wi-Fi.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

RobCramer — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 03:31:35 GMT

Maybe lightning isn’t the right type. It’s the rounded edge ports on newer MacBook pros. I did try Image Capture. It wasn’t registering.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

RobCramer — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 03:33:30 GMT

I think it’s just called a Canon EOS Rebel, and I don’t believe it has WiFi capabilities.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:04:48 GMT

It’s USB-C. Some USB-C cables are not data cables, just charging. Verify your cable type. Do you have a different computer-cable pair you can try?

Is your Mac running Venture ( macOS 13)? There are permissions you need to authorize when an accessory is first connected. Go into System Settings->Security and see if anything is flagged as needing to be selected.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

RobCramer — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:52:20 GMT

I’m suspecting that it’s the cable. I have two of them and I tried them both to no avail. My computer runs macOS 12.6. I’ll purchase a new cord and see if that helps. Thanks!

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

Waddizzle — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 23:48:04 GMT

@RobCramer wrote:
I think it’s just called a Canon EOS Rebel, and I don’t believe it has WiFi capabilities.

The name of the Rebel model should be on the front of the camera. If you could, use a smart phone to take a photo of the front, get the side opposite the shutter.

True, the older models do not include built-in Wi-fi. But many of the older models had USB ports that used different communication modes. This is why the model is important. We should be able to tell you where to look in the menu system.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

Waddizzle — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:38:57 GMT

@RobCramer wrote:
I’m suspecting that it’s the cable. I have two of them and I tried them both to no avail. My computer runs macOS 12.6. I’ll purchase a new cord and see if that helps. Thanks!

Be sure it is a direct connection. No adapters!

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

RobCramer — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 01:56:18 GMT

I just found the user manual.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 02:06:42 GMT

Here is the Canon support page.

https://www.usa.canon.com/support/p/eos-digital-rebel

Tools 2 page. Set communication to PTP.

Re: Connect Canon EOS Rebel to Macbook Pro

ajp1228 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 18:33:23 GMT

I found this post while searching how to connect my old Canon Rebel T3 camera to a new MacBook Air which uses the Sonoma operating system. My old Windows computer died a couple of months ago and I decided to switch to Mac. I had to do some further research, but I finally got my camera to work. I'm posting here so that maybe someone else who needs help will find this information all in one place.

My camera has a USB A cable. I had already purchased a USB hub for the computer which has both USB C and USB A ports, so at first I tried connecting the camera to a USB A port on the hub. Nothing happened.

My hub plugs in flush with the computer and uses both of the original USB C ports. However, one of the USB C ports in the hub is for both data and power (the other ports are for data only). I had also purchased a USB A to USB C adapter from Apple when I bought the computer, so I tried using the adapter on the camera cable and then connected it to the powered USB C port on the hub. (Again, this port on my hub supports both data and power; some powered ports on other hubs do not support data and can only be used for charging and not data transfer.) The port worked because I got a message on my computer asking if I wanted to allow the camera to connect.

I clicked "yes" to allow the camera to connect to the computer. However, I still had issues finding my pictures to transfer. I was expecting the camera to show up in "Finder" as another drive, just the way it does in Windows if you are not using software to make the transfer. The camera did not show in finder.

After further research, I found the camera listed when I pulled up my Photos app. However, I did not want these pictures going into the Photos app and filling up my iCloud - I use iCloud only to temporarily back up pictures I take with my phone. (I have another backup program installed on the computer.) Therefore, I had to find out how to move the pictures from the camera to the other Pictures folder on the laptop which was not part of iCloud.

More research led me to the Image Capture app on the computer. It can be launched from Finder under Applications; it can also be launched from the Launchpad. If you use Launchpad, the app is hidden within the "Other" folder. You can move it outside of the folder onto the main screen for easier access later. I found my camera listed inside the Image Capture on the menu on the left. By clicking on it I could pull up all of the photos on the camera.

Transferring the pictures using Image Capture was easy. I was able to select the pictures I wanted and then was able to click a drop-down menu at the bottom which allowed me to choose an "other" folder if I didn't want to use the one it suggested. After selecting Import, I could then navigate to the folder I wanted and then click "New Folder" at the bottom to create the new subfolder for storing the selected pictures.

While in Image Capture I also found a setting to change that is supposed to cause Image Capture to automatically open whenever my camera is connected. So hopefully I won't have to remember "Image Capture" and it will automatically open in the future when I have pictures to transfer.

Now that I've found out how it works, I'm very happy! However, I was starting to panic at first when I couldn't find my pictures; I was afraid my camera was too old to work with the new Mac. Thankfully, this is not the case and I can continue using the camera!