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I've started using my old Olympus digital camera (an E-M1) again, and looking at ways to connect to the computer to upload photos.

Is the OM Workspace the best software to use? I've found that it does work using wireless, but it's all a bit clunky. I'd rather not connect cables or SD remove cards.
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Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK
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RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

I've started using my old Olympus digital camera (an E-M1) again, and looking at ways to connect to the computer to upload photos.

Is the OM Workspace the best software to use? I've found that it does work using wireless, but it's all a bit clunky. I'd rather not connect cables or SD
remove cards.

I have an EM10 here, and have tried the OM software to connect to the
camera, on my iPhone and iPad Pro, but as you say, itrCOs clunky and slow. Great for remote access to the camera itself though.

The only other option is to connect directly to the camera using the USB
lead, or use an SD card reader.

Personally IrCOve always used a dedicated SD card reader, a habit going back
to when I first got a digital camera 25 years ago (cameras themselves
werenrCOt well supported in MacOS back then).

I use a media card rotation system, so always remove a card, and use a different one for each session. That way I always have the last two or
three sets of images on the cards should anything happen to my most recent copies on my devices.

Those are basically your options, I donrCOt know of any third party stuff thatrCOll give you wireless connection.
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Andy H
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On 8 Aug 2025 at 06:58:54 BST, Andy H wrote:

RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

I've started using my old Olympus digital camera (an E-M1) again, and looking
at ways to connect to the computer to upload photos.

Is the OM Workspace the best software to use? I've found that it does work >> using wireless, but it's all a bit clunky. I'd rather not connect cables or SD
remove cards.

I have an EM10 here, and have tried the OM software to connect to the
camera, on my iPhone and iPad Pro, but as you say, itrCOs clunky and slow. Great for remote access to the camera itself though.

The only other option is to connect directly to the camera using the USB lead, or use an SD card reader.

Personally IrCOve always used a dedicated SD card reader, a habit going back to when I first got a digital camera 25 years ago (cameras themselves werenrCOt well supported in MacOS back then).

I use a media card rotation system, so always remove a card, and use a different one for each session. That way I always have the last two or
three sets of images on the cards should anything happen to my most recent copies on my devices.

Thanks, yes, could do that - the camera has 2 slots anyway, so that allows a degree of backup/rotation. I just need to get into the habit . . .

OoI, do you copy using the mounted volume that shows up in Photos? I prefer to copy to a non-Cloud destination, decide which I want to keep, then drag the keepers into Photos (which I use as the main store, with backups on iCloud and TM).

I haven't got my head around the various formats just yet (mainly raw/jpg),
but have wondered if I'm losing any metadata for example adding photos indirectly.

Those are basically your options, I donrCOt know of any third party stuff thatrCOll give you wireless connection.

Grand, thanks.
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Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK
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RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

On 8 Aug 2025 at 06:58:54 BST, Andy H wrote:

RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

I've started using my old Olympus digital camera (an E-M1) again, and looking
at ways to connect to the computer to upload photos.

Is the OM Workspace the best software to use? I've found that it does work >>> using wireless, but it's all a bit clunky. I'd rather not connect cables or SD
remove cards.

I have an EM10 here, and have tried the OM software to connect to the
camera, on my iPhone and iPad Pro, but as you say, itrCOs clunky and slow. >> Great for remote access to the camera itself though.

The only other option is to connect directly to the camera using the USB
lead, or use an SD card reader.

Personally IrCOve always used a dedicated SD card reader, a habit going back >> to when I first got a digital camera 25 years ago (cameras themselves
werenrCOt well supported in MacOS back then).

I use a media card rotation system, so always remove a card, and use a
different one for each session. That way I always have the last two or
three sets of images on the cards should anything happen to my most recent >> copies on my devices.

Thanks, yes, could do that - the camera has 2 slots anyway, so that allows a degree of backup/rotation. I just need to get into the habit . . .

ItrCOs just another short term backup. ItrCOs been known to go badly wrong sometimes!

OoI, do you copy using the mounted volume that shows up in Photos? I prefer to
copy to a non-Cloud destination, decide which I want to keep, then drag the keepers into Photos (which I use as the main store, with backups on iCloud and
TM).

I do both, I have a bit of a complex setup, due to a mix of device
generations. I copy into Photos on my IPad Pro (itrCOs my fastest device for importing and uploading to iCloud) just using the mounted device option. I
move them into a temporary album first (one I added to the top of my albums list, so itrCOs easy to find).

I then connect the card to my older MacBook Pro, and copy them to an
external drive (which I also clone using SuperDuper to another drive). I
also use the MBP for local Photos storage). Plenty of backups there.

I haven't got my head around the various formats just yet (mainly raw/jpg), but have wondered if I'm losing any metadata for example adding photos indirectly.

I just shoot Raw, have done pretty much since I started with DSLR in 2006. YourCOll lose nothing at all during import, especially Raws, which cannot be directly modified (as a general rule).

Those are basically your options, I donrCOt know of any third party stuff
thatrCOll give you wireless connection.

Grand, thanks.

HTH :-)
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