Nikon software - safe to install?

[roshi]

I just bought a Nikon Coolpix S9, a tiny camera/video camera/digital audio recorder. It works great.

Right now, it mounts on the desktop as a drive, and iPhoto recognizes it and downloads the photos.

For the video and audio, I can just drag and drop from the mounted drive.

Does anyone know, is the software that comes with the camera horrible, or is it useful in any way?

[Gutenberg]

Utterly horrible for Macs. Use as coaster.

[pRON aHOLIC]

In all my years of Nikon software and macs I have never had confidence in OEM software stability. Use Iphoto for thumbnail browsing and buy Pshop Elements.

[roshi]

thanks. You just saved me umpteen hours of grief-hair-tearing, and maybe, crashes.

I bought Photoshop elements awhile ago.

[lost in space]

"thanks. You just saved me umpteen hours of grief-hair-tearing, and maybe, crashes. "

Yes, they did indeed!