After turning the camera off and ensuring that a memory card is inserted, connect a USB cable (available separately) as shown and then turn the camera on.
USB Hubs
Connect the camera directly to the computer; do not connect the cable via a USB hub or keyboard.
Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 may display an AutoPlay prompt when the camera is connected. Tap or click the dialog and then tap or click Nikon Transfer 2 to select Nikon Transfer 2.
macOS/OS X
If Nikon Transfer 2 does not start automatically, confirm that the camera is connected and then launch Image Capture (an application that comes with macOS or OS X) and select Nikon Transfer 2 as the application that opens when the camera is detected.
Click Start Transfer.
Pictures on the memory card will be copied to the computer.
Start Transfer
Terminate the connection.
When transfer is complete, turn the camera off and disconnect the USB cable.
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Using this on a Mac with the latest OS X version the Nikon Transfer program usually fails to copy all the files across, sometimes leave 3 behind and other times stopping 20% of the way.
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