topic MAC OS and NEX-5 firmware upgrade in Alpha & NEX interchangeable lens cameras https://community.sony.dk/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/mac-os-and-nex-5-firmware-upgrade/m-p/178827#M2983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just bought an NEX-5 and am awed by it - brilliant bit of kit.</P><P>However, I use a Mac and tried to do a firmware update for the camera from v2 to v3.</P><P>Using an iMac running Snow Leopard OS 10.6.4 on a 27inch iMac I singularly failed to get the camera recognised by the updater program after trying several times and rebooting everything.</P><P>However, using an iMac running Leopard OS10.5.8 everything worked like a dream. Camera immediately recognised by the updator, all worked efficiently and the new features function beautifully.</P><P>Hope this is useful if anyone gets frustrated and trust that Sony will soon post a fix in their updator.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:40:00 GMT PDE4UK 2010-11-13T16:40:00Z MAC OS and NEX-5 firmware upgrade https://community.sony.dk/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/mac-os-and-nex-5-firmware-upgrade/m-p/178827#M2983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just bought an NEX-5 and am awed by it - brilliant bit of kit.</P><P>However, I use a Mac and tried to do a firmware update for the camera from v2 to v3.</P><P>Using an iMac running Snow Leopard OS 10.6.4 on a 27inch iMac I singularly failed to get the camera recognised by the updater program after trying several times and rebooting everything.</P><P>However, using an iMac running Leopard OS10.5.8 everything worked like a dream. Camera immediately recognised by the updator, all worked efficiently and the new features function beautifully.</P><P>Hope this is useful if anyone gets frustrated and trust that Sony will soon post a fix in their updator.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:40:00 GMT https://community.sony.dk/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/mac-os-and-nex-5-firmware-upgrade/m-p/178827#M2983 PDE4UK 2010-11-13T16:40:00Z MAC OS and NEX-5 firmware upgrade https://community.sony.dk/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/mac-os-and-nex-5-firmware-upgrade/m-p/178828#M2984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the heads up. I found a similar issue, but it works fine on Mac Pro and XP, so... ok, it's not perfect, but the v3 upgrade and lens adapter upgrades are a huge improvement. </P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:33:54 GMT https://community.sony.dk/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/mac-os-and-nex-5-firmware-upgrade/m-p/178828#M2984 robox3000 2010-12-11T13:33:54Z