abe_hollander Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Believe me, I know where I am. I'm in the Pentax forum. And I'm here 'cause I can't find what I need in Digital Darkroom, or most any other place on the 'net (the internet, that is) so far. So, I'll see if I can get any help in here. I use PSE, and - despite my control-freakish ways - I *do* in fact, let Adobe use its cute little application that sits in my (Windows) system tray that automagically offloads everything from my SD cards when I insert them into the reader. When it's done, one click to confirm the deletion of files, one click on "OK" when it's cleaned my card, and it's gone. I then do my own thing with file organization, but you don't care about that. My Mom has entered the digital (p&s) fray, and I'd love to give her a program like this. Free, of course. How hard could it be to find such an applet? Hard, I'm finding. Anyone have any ideas? And if there IS a discussion in DD, what the heck are some of the keywords??? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2imaging Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Safe to assume she is using a Windows PC too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe_hollander Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Sorry, yes. XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaloot Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 uhmm... picasa?? If she's just getting into it with a point and shoot, I think that program might do for a bit. Organization, easy edits, and she can make an online album! Or am I waay off?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe_hollander Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 That's probably a great idea... I was gonna lead her towards Faststone, but everyone who's just starting to use Picasa seems to love it. I am, however, still interested in a "file fetching" applet. I don't know of that feature in Picasa. Literally, she would love to not have to do the transfer part, from the SD card to the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserere_mei Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Abe, my mum could do with something like that too! Everytime she needs to offload pics she calls me on the phone, and it's really difficult to explain this stuff when the other person is a few thousand miles away and always manages to make the computer do strange stuff ("but I didn't touch anything, dear!"). Let me know how the learning curve is with your mum (my foster mum, I guess) and maybe I'll unleash my biological mother on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisa_stieg Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Seriously, Picassa is a GREAT tool! I highly recommend it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahanna Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Abe, Picasa 2 can fetch your files for you. I just pop in the flash drive and a box pops up that asks me where I want to put the pictures and if it should delete the photos when done. Really easy. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe_hollander Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Sweet. Thanks for the help everyone. Mis, I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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