Can I get a converter to take an xD card to an SD card? I want to download photos to my iPad 2, and I don't have a computer or laptop.
William Scott In a previous answer in 2009 ((How can an xD memory card fit an SD slot?), I said I couldn't find an xD-to-SD converter and I still can't. The usual approach for PC users is to buy a multi-card adapter that supports both xD and SD cards so you can copy files from one 'drive' to the other. There are quite a few of these adapters, including the Trust All-in-1 Card Reader Express (£4.99 at Amazon.co.uk).
Sadly, the iPad doesn't have either a USB port or an SD slot, but Apple sells the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit for £25. This provides two adapters that plug into the iPad's proprietary dock connector. One lets you connect your iPad to a digital camera via a USB cable (not included), while the other has an SD slot. If you can't connect directly to your (I assume, Fujifilm but possibly Olympus) camera then you can try connecting to a USB card adapter. One of the cheapest for your purposes would be a Fujifilm USB XD Card Reader For all XD Cards £3.69 from Amazon.co.uk or something similar.
May 1, 2014 - Learn how to transfer photos from a camera to an iPhone or iPad using USB. Open the Photos app. You'll see a new button at the. Sep 19, 2016 - Shoot with your DSLR, then import and edit images on your iPhone or iPad. The iPhone and iPad's cameras are impressive for portable devices — especially so if you've just picked up the. Aukey USB-C Cable, 2-pack. Transfer Photos From Camera to iPad or iPhone. Depending on the model of your iOS device and the accessories at your disposal, you may use any of the following methods to transfer photos from a digital camera to your iPhone or iPad. Transfer Photos from Camera to Computer, then from computer to iPhone/iPad.
I can't guarantee that this reader will work with an iPad. It's a very basic bit of technology, so it really ought to work. However, someone who bought the similar Integral USB 2.0 Single Slot XD Reader (£3.38 from Amazon.co.uk) complains in a Customer Review that: 'It doesn't work with iPad because it requires too much power.' Perhaps readers can suggest an xD that definitely does work.
If you feel like trying a non-Apple branded connector, the Shinntto 2-in-1 Digital Camera Connection Kit provides both the USB port and SD card slot in a single dongle for only £3.99 at Amazon.co.uk. It's got a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, so it could save you £21.
Copying photos to a new PC
My wife has changed from a Dell running Windows XP to a Dell running Windows 7. I transferred her files using a 16GB USB drive, but I just cannot get any joy with the transfer of her photos. On the XP system, they arranged in folders – eg, Spain holiday 2011. I have finished up with scores of folders with only two or three pics in each.
Ernest Farnhill
If you are viewing the files and folders in Windows Explorer, then there should not be a problem. First, check that your selected group of folders adds up to less than 16GB by right-clicking and selecting Properties. Next, hold down the right mouse-button, drag the selection to the USB drive, and select Copy Here. It's hard to see how this can go wrong.
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An alternative is to create a compressed folder on the Windows XP machine and copy her folders of photos into that. When you have 16GB, copy the single compressed file to the USB stick and then to the Windows 7 machine, where you can uncompress it. This ensures that the folder structure and filenames stay the same.
Also, Microsoft provides a free utility called Windows Easy Transfer. This lets you select which files and settings you want to migrate and moves them for you. You can find it in Windows 7 by clicking Start and searching for Easy Transfer. You can download the 32-bit Windows XP version to the XP machine from the link above. There's also a four-minute Microsoft video to show you what to do.
You might have found the whole process easier if you'd started with Windows Easy Transfer, though it's not really worth it just for the photos… unless all else fails.
I wonder if your wife has organised her photos into albums using some type of cataloguing program. In this case, the real folders on the hard drive may not match the 'virtual folders' in her software (and perhaps you copied them correctly after all). If so, you should be able to move the photos across by opening the cataloguing program and creating a backup. Install the same cataloguing software on the Windows 7 machine, run it, and choose to restore from the backup. (If there's no backup option, there should be export/import commands that produce the same result.)
Incidentally, it's certainly possible to use a 16GB memory stick to do the migration, and Windows Easy Transfer offers this option. However, it's better to do it using an external USB hard drive, and you can now get a 2TB drive for about £85. This is big enough to hold complete copies of both the XP and Windows 7 hard drives, and therefore to provide a backup if one of them fails. If you don't have a back up, recovering lost photos can easily cost 10x or 20x the price.
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We have received, by email, an insurance document for our dog. It has to be printed out and filled in every time we take him to a vet. Rather than do this manually, we'd like to fill it in and just print it off as and when required. We have Office 2010, but every time I attempt to fill in the form, a new page starts. I have forwarded the doc as an attachment. Is there a way to edit it?
Mike Davenport
Although the file you sent is a Microsoft Word document, it doesn't contain any text. Each page is, in fact, an image, which is why there is no way of typing anything into any of the boxes. Even if you save the file in a different format, such as PDF, you still only have image files.
There are ways round this. For example, I saved the image as a png file, then loaded it into the free graphics program, Paint.net. This has an 'insert text' function – click the T on the Tools bar – so you can type in your details, save the result and print it out. Free text fields (such as name and address) are very easy to do, but it requires a bit of practice to get the account numbers lined up in their little boxes. It may be easier if you work with the image at its actual size, or larger.
The simpler alternative is just to print out the original document, fill in all the common bits, and make a few photocopies. When you take your dog to a vet, grab a copy and fill in the two remaining blank lines (First date of illness, Brief description of illness) by hand.
I assume Argos Pet Insurance scans and files the forms when you send them in. Otherwise there are better ways to collect data, and many large companies use Microsoft InfoPath to create electronic forms. This is part of Microsoft Office. Even one-man bands can do something similar using Google Forms, which saves data in a Google spreadsheet.
Proper online forms can be pre-populated so you don't have to type in the same data over and over again, unless something changes – you move house, or whatever. But you shouldn't even have to do this yourself. Don't vets have computers?
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Loading photos onto your iPad 2 from a digital camera, your iPhone, or from the web is easy enough if you buy the iPad Camera Connection Kit from Apple. The kit contains two adapters: a USB Camera Connector to import photos from a digital camera or iPhone, and an SD Card Reader to import images from an SD card.
Follow these steps to import photos from a camera or other device, after you have the connector kit in hand:
Download Pictures From Cell Phone
You can also import photos stored on an SD (secure digital) memory card, often used by digital cameras as a storage medium. Simply put the iPad to sleep, insert the SD Card Reader into the iPad, insert the SD card containing the photos, and then follow Steps 5 through 7.
The web offers a wealth of images that you can download to your Photo Library on the iPad. The built-in Safari browser makes it simple to save any image you come across to your iPad. (Of course, you should be careful not to violate copyrights when grabbing pictures online.)
Several search engines have advanced search features that allow you to search for only nonlicensed images, meaning, at least theoretically, you don’t have to pay for the images. But it’s always a good idea to get written permission to use an image, especially if you intend to use it to make money (as with a company brochure or online course).
How To Download Pictures From Camera To Ipad 2 Without
Follow these steps to save images from the web:
Import Pictures From Digital Camera
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