When you need to transport images, such as your company logo or a photo of your corporate headquarters to different offices, a professional printer or other off-site locations, carry them on a compact, lightweight Secure Digital memory stick. If you require photos not already on the memory stick, you must obtain them from the computer first. Once you move them to the appropriate folder on the memory stick, you can plug the stick into any computer and transfer the images.
i SD Card image by Haris Rauf from Fotolia.com Whether you want to save some nice photos to your SD card or transfer photos back to your SD card, putting photos from you computer onto an SD card is very easy, and will only take a few minutes. The SD card reader is a USB plug-in device that allows you to easily transfer images and data from the card to your computer. But the disk can also be used in reverse to put photos back onto the SD card. Step 1Put the SD card into the slot on your SD card reader. Plug it into the USB drive slot on your computer. Step 2Open the “My Computer” menu for PCs or the “Devices” drive for Mac’s. The SD card should appear as a new drive in the menu. Open the card’s folder. Step 3Open the folder on your computer's hard drive that contains the pictures you want to transfer to the SD card. Step 4Highlight all of the files you want to transfer. You can highlight multiple files simultaneously, by clicking one file once. Then, hold the “Shift” key and use the directional arrows to highlight more files, or you can position the mouse over another file and hold the “Shift” key while clicking once on the file. Step 5Right click the mouse and select “Copy” from the menu. Step 6Open the SD card’s folder again, and right click the mouse and select “Paste” from the menu to copy the files into the SD folder. You can also drag and drop the files from your hard drive’s folder to the SD card’s folder. Step 7Try disconnecting and reconnecting the SD card reader to ensure the photos have transferred successfully. References Tips
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Writer Bio Currently based in Minneapolis, Minn., Eric Blankenburg has been a freelance journalist since 2000. His articles have appeared in "Outside Missoula, Outside Bozeman," "Hello Chengdu" and online at GoNomad.com and various other websites. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from the University of Montana. Use this page to transfer files between a device, SD card or computer. Many devices do not have an SD card option, such as Apple devices. Check common procedures to see if a device has a SD card. You can also transfer files using Samsung Smart Switch or Samsung Kies. SD cardSD card memory size and speed ratings vary by OEM. Using an SD card without the proper speed class may work for basic storage. Advanced features like HD video recording, transferring files, or apps that use the SD card, it is likely to cause freezing, crashes, slowness, or errors. If you see these problems with an SD card inserted in a smartphone, upgrade to a faster SD card. Refer to the following classifications to assist in determing the SD card that will work best with your smartphone.
Transfer files - SD cardThese are universal steps and customers should refer back to the OEM or User manual for their device specific steps. Apple, BlackBerry Android and Windows Phone do not support moving files from the device storage to an SD card. Android - HTC
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Transfer files - PCThese are universal steps for Android, Apple and Windows Phone devices using Windows Autoplay. BlackBerry requires you to download and install BlackBerry link first. Keep in mind that depending on the computer and the device, some menu names or functions will vary.
Transfer files - MacAndroidTo transfer files, you must have Android File Transfer installed on your computer. Android File Transfer is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 or later and Android 3.0 or later. Once this is installed, follow the rest of the steps found in Transfer files - PC steps AppleFollow the steps available in iTunes 11 for Mac: Transfer files between your computer and mobile apps. BlackBerryTo transfer files, you must have BlackBerry Link installed on your computer. Once this is installed, follow the rest of the steps found in Transfer files - PC steps Windows phoneThese steps require your Windows phone device supports an SD card. The Mac will need to support the SD card and it will need to be removed from the Windows phone device to complete the follow steps.
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