Definitive answer for 5D Mark II & Catalina EOS Utility

[gold333]

What EOS Utility do we need for 5DmkII and Catalina? 

Downloading EU-Installset-M2.14.31.12c.dmg from the 5DII support page on Canon doesnt work.

The app does nothing when the 5DII is connected to the Mac using USB.

Running the latest EOSU3 (EU-Installset-M3.16.11.1.dmg) detects the USB but tells us to install EOSU2.

What do we do?

[Mark35mmF2]

Hi there,

The EOS 5D Mark II used EOS Utility 2, it would not be compatible with EOS Utility 3. However, EOS UTility 2 is not compatible with 64-bit Mac operating systems, that would be OS X 15 and later. You would be able to use the Mac application Image Capture to import images via USB instead, it will already be installed in your operating system.

[gold333]

Thank you but OSX 15 does not exist.

The current OSX (MacOS) is version 13.0 Ventura. I am using version 10.15 Catalina.

I do not need to download images I need to control my camera from the computer in tethered shooting using Eos Utility.

Some people have stated that some version of EOS Utility 2 work on MacOS Catalina, I can’t find that version

[kvbarkley]

Gold333:

If you downgrade to Mojave, not that big of a difference, you can run EOS2. But, as Mark35mmF2 said, Image capture can download the images just fine.

[gold333]

Thank you for taking the time to offer advice.

I can't downgrade to Mojave as my workflow contains the last version of all apps that run on Catalina (FCP, PS, etc).

I also do not need to download images from the camera after shooting. I am looking for a tethered shooting solution. If Canon has no solution for this 5D Mark II what 3rd party app would you recommend for tethered shooting.

I already use a wifi card and Shuttersnitch for wireless transfers of small JPGs, but I am unhappy with the 3s per image transfer speed. This is why I am looking for a -tethered shooting- solution.