How to import pictures from Canon T5i/700D to my Mac?

I recently bought the Canon T5i/700D and took some pictures on it that I want to import on my Macbook that is running on OS X El Capitan. I plugged in my camera to my Mac using the USB and I also tried importing with a card reader but each time I can't seem to get the full quality of the pictures. How can I get my pictures on my Macbook (or iPhone at least) in the quality it has on the actual camera screen? Also, my Mac doesn't have a CD-ROM so I can't insert the disk to install the software… I tried.

My first suggestion is to remove the memory card from the camera when exporting, and connect that directly to the Mac.

Second, check the settings on the camera. If you're experiencing a drop in quality, you may find that your camera is set to save pictures at a lower resolution than the camera's own screen is showing you.

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Most important part of the question is what software are you using to view the images. How do you know that the images aren't the same quality? I don't know about Macs, but on a PC all you need to do is right click on it, choose properties and you'll see the image size of the file.

Copying a file should not change the quality of the file itself. It sounds more like your image-editing software isn't showing you the full resolution of the image. Or, it could be an import setting, but not likely. If all you're doing is ctrl + c and then ctrl + v to your computer (to copy and paste), then there can't be a difference between what is on the memory card and what's on your computer.

With this in mind, I would venture to guess that the software you're using to view the image on your computer is showing you a low-resolution JPEG preview. Lightroom, for example, does this. It's much faster to show thumbnails of the images instead of previewing full-resolution images. You can often change the quality settings for each thumbnail preview from low, med to high at the expense of taking up more time and disk space.

I would encourage you to not use the supplied Apple software and to just use Adobe Lightroom which is the industry standard for image editing, sorting, and cataloging digital images.

Use a USB card reader to connect the camera's memory card directly to the computer's USB slot then use Finder to do the copying so that you can be sure image quality does not change and you can track where the pictures go exactly.

1. Not having a CD player is not a problem. You can download the software directly from the Canon website.

2. Apple has an accessory "Superdrive" unit that is low cost and plugs into a USB port on your computer to provide full CD / DVD play and record functions.

3. Does your computer come with iPhoto? All Macs have for ages, but I do think it is being phased out. I'm not sure if it is part of El Capitan or not. If you do have iPhoto, open that and it will read what is on the camera when using the USB cable to the camera, and will import the photos. From iPhoto, you can export to any folder you want to create.

4. Does not your computer have a built in SD card reader? When you insert the card, it should display as a new drive. Just open the card and drag and drop the photos to any folder you want. If you are shooting in RAW, you will need a conversion program, … Which takes up back to items number 1 and 2 for the Canon software.