

When you save the file it will be saved as a PDF. You’re welcome to change the size of the thumbnails by selecting a different size from MakePDF’s Layout menu. Click the Import button and a MakePDF app launches and creates a contact sheet from the selected images. Select some images and, from the Import To pop-up menu, choose MakePDF. If you’re looking for an easy way to pull all the images off a camera or storage card, this is it.

If you select a device and, from the Applications pop-up menu, choose AutoImporter, any time you insert that device, its images will be automatically imported into an AutoImport folder within your user folder’s Pictures folder. Hidden in the depths of your Mac’s System folder is an app called AutoImporter (the path to it is /System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture). In the sheet that appears navigate to the app you’d like to open when you connect the selected device. Now select a connected device and, from that pop-up menu, choose Other. Just click on the small triangle at the bottom-left of the Image Capture window to expose the Application pop-up menu. If you’d like a different app to launch-Adobe Lightroom, for example-you can make that happen in Image Capture. Normally, when you plug your camera or iOS device into your Mac, iPhoto launches. You can also assign any other application, such as Photoshop.Yes, Image Capture can capture images from your scanner. Here you can tell it to import your pictures into a folder, iPhoto, Aperture, Preview, or even Mail. It gives you MUCH more flexibility than iPhoto, or any other method of importing your pictures into your computer. The option at the bottom (3) is set when you use Image Capture as your import utility. I changed the setting from “None” to “iPhoto”, and the problem was solved! I had a customer whose iPhoto ’11 was hanging up every time she opened it – the spinning beach ball wouldn’t stop, and she had to Force Quit the application every time. I used this setting to troubleshoot a problem with iPhoto. If you find it annoying when iPhoto opens every time you plug in your iPhone, change this drop-down to None!

In the lower left corner (2) is a CRUCIAL place to set what happens when you plug anything into your computer. Here you can use your scanner, even if you don’t have the original software! In the upper left corner (1), you can see your scanner and any other cameras or devices you have plugged into your computer. Then, plug in your camera, iPhone, or iPad with pictures on it. So let’s explore this wonderful little program. Image Capture also allows you to use your scanner without any other software. This action is actually managed in Image Capture, NOT iPhoto! For example, you’ve noticed that iPhoto always opens as soon as you plug in your iPhone. Image Capture controls what happens when you connect your iPhone, iPad, and digital camera to your computer. Did you know there’s more than one photo management tool on your computer? In addition to iPhoto, Image Capture is a little program in your Applications folder that has big power.
