More flexible image importing with Image Capture

This post is one part refresher tip for those of you into working with photography on your Mac, and another part "new hotness" for those who are fresh to the Mac platform; possibly due to a Mac-related gift over the holidays
(congrats!). By now most of you have either heard of or are using iPhoto or some other OS X image-organizing application for your pictures, but a lot of users pass over a great importing tool that's right under our collective noses: Image Capture, residing in your Applications folder. This unassuming yet powerful image tool acts kind of like a command center for your image importing needs as well as OS X's behavior with cameras and cards, allowing you to see yours images and videos before simply importing everything into, say, iPhoto. You can import into specific folders and also specify a default app to start up when your camera or card is connected to your Mac. A decent set of options and preferences are accessible in Image Capture, giving you a bit more control over how OS X handles all those images you've been shooting.

[via MacOSXHints]