Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Thanks for the memories

My digital picture frame died over the summer, and I received a new one for Christmas. The gift included a memory card already loaded with some pictures, so I could immediately start using the frame.

However, tonight I wanted to add more photos to the mix. With my old frame, it was easy; I could import new images (which I have archived on my computer's hard drive) from a flash drive. I read the instructions for the new model several times; there was no mention of importing. I was at a loss. How could I move pictures from my computer onto the memory card? A little Internet searching revealed a cumbersome but workable solution.

The first step was to exchange the frame's memory card for the one I already had in my camera. I connected the camera to the computer in the usual way, and opened up a folder to view the camera's files. Then instead of moving photo from my camera's memory card to my hard drive, I went backward and moved the files to the memory card!

It's great to have more pictures in rotation on my frame.

5 comments:

  1. Good for you! I'm glad you figured it out. I am a little surprised it's so difficult - that seems like a pretty critical function of a digital picture frame.

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  2. I was surprised how much harder it was on this frame than the last.

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  3. You can also get a little memory card reader that hooks up to your computer. They're not very expensive (don't remember--I'm thinking maybe $10-20?), and can read a variety of memory card formats (which is good for us because our regular camera uses one kind, and my daughter's kiddy-camera uses another). From that you can move files back and forth between the card and the computer (and then to a different card or flash drive or whatever).

    For Christmas, I sent my father a digital frame and CD full of photos of my kids from the past year. His frame had its own internal memory, so I loaded it up with as many pictures as I could so it would work right out of the box also.

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  4. You can buy a memory card reader that will let you hook your memory cards up to your computer through a USB slot like you do your flash drive. Don't remember how much we spent on ours, but it was pretty cheap (I'm thinking under $20). It also reads different card formats, which for us is good because our regular camera needs a different kind of card than my daughter's kiddy camera.

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  5. Kristi, I learned about memory card readers in my research for this...I'll probably get one next time I have extra money in my purse at the end of the month.

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