Mac OS X Mountain Lion Camera and Photos

Camera and Photos

If you have an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, you probably know how much fun it can be to take photos and videos on your mobile device. Did you know you can access your photos and videos on your Mac as well? To get started, you should make sure you're familiar with the apps below.

• Camera for taking photos and video on your mobile device
• Photos for viewing and organizing media on your mobile device
• And other desktop tools like iPhoto and Photo Booth

Have More Than One Apple Device?

There are many benefits to using these apps if you have more than one Apple device. They're designed specifically so you can access your photos and videos anywhere (on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or Mac), no matter where the photo or video is saved.

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We'll be using the iPad for most of the demonstrations in this lesson, but if you have another device, don't worry. The corresponding apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac are fairly similar. The important thing is that you get to know some of the basic tools and features, and come away with a solid understanding of what each app can do. Then you can explore the apps some more on your own.

Reviewing Important Features

There are several things that we discuss in other parts of this tutorial that are an important part of using apps. If you're unfamiliar with any of the features below, go back to the lesson to review.

• Notifications (Lesson 2, OS X Mountain Lion Features)
  Notifications are pop-ups, banners, and other audio/visual cues. Many apps use them to notify you of new activity on your device.
  
• Preferences (Lesson 6, Changing Your Computer's Settings)
  There are many ways to manage the settings on your computer. This includes settings for each of your apps, which allows you to control the way they behave.
  
• iCloud (Lesson 7, Syncing with iCloud)
  Syncing is what links your Mac to your other devices (and your other devices to each other). Many apps will need to be set up in iCloud in order for them to sync.
  
• Siri (iPad tutorial, Siri)
  Siri is a mobile-only feature that comes with the most recent version of the iPad and the iPhone 4S and later. It allows you to control certain apps using voice commands instead of gestures or the keyboard.http://www.gcflearnfree.org/macosxmountainlion/10