Canon Eos Utility Mac Download Without Cd

On the Apps screen that is displayed, click EOS Utility. For Windows 8.1, click on the bottom left side of the Start screen. On the Apps screen that is displayed, click EOS Utility. For Windows 10, click the Start button, then click All Apps and then click EOS Utility. For Mac OS X, click the EOS Utility icon in the Dock. After 2.14 version of the EOS Utility Updater, you will not be able to use old tutorial that worked flawlessly so far, but there is a way to install newest and current version: 2.14.20a to your latest MAC OS X. Older Mac OS X users have option to download Solution Disk Software which includes EOS Utility as well.

I’m using Qt to develop a software for controlling Canon cameras on Mac OS X. For testing purpose I would like to install EOS Utility on Mac OS X. What makes me suprise is that Canon doesn’t provide link for downloading full EOS Utility but only its updater. If you start the installer, it’ll ask for current installation of EOS Utility. In this post I’ll show how to get full EOS Utility without CD.

1. Search “eos utility download” on search engine and go to Canon website for downloading software.
2. Filter software according to your operating system

3. Download “EOS Utility x.xx.xx.x Updater für Mac OS X”

4. Run installer, drag updater to your desktop.

5. Right click on updater and choose “Show package contents”

6. Go to Contents/Resources, open Info.datx with TextEdit

7. Delete content of Info.datx, the file should be blank after deletion.

8. Now execute the updater from your desktop, you can install full version of EOS Utility.

9. After installation finishes, execute the updater again from your download so that you get your installed version updated.

My second hand Canon EOS 1000D has arrived (intended for astrophotography), but without the manual or software CD. Canon provide this stuff to download on their website which is great, except that the software is intended only to update an existing installation originally made from the CD-ROM. That seems stupid on many levels - the only people interested in using this software will have a Canon camera. Practically speaking, I have neither the Canon CD-ROM, nor in fact even a CD-ROM drive. Apple don't believe in them any more ;)
Fortunately enterprising people have worked out how to hack the Canon software to install without the CD-ROM, both on Windows (e.g. here) and on Mac OS X. Canon don't support Linux.
The Canon EOS 1000D downloads page for Mac OS X 10.8 currently offers EOS Utility 2.12.3 Updater for Mac OS X (filename eu2.12.3x-updater.dmg.zip), but the tricks I found documented online to install this without the CD-ROM failed. Therefore we need to start with an older version which can be fooled.
There is a trick here (deleting file Info.datx file) credited to FrancoisG for version 2.11.4 (filename EU211.4x-updater.dmg). I couldn't find that on the Canon websites anymore - it is listed on the Canon Asia site, Canon EOS Utility 2.11.4 Updater for Mac OS X, but the download link is broken. However I could find version 2.10 on the Canon UK site, and the hack here for version 2.9 still works.

1. Download EOS Utility 2.10.2 Updater for Mac OS X, intended for Mac OS X 10.5 upwards but not 10.8 (filename eu2102x.dmg.zip).
2. Decompress the zip file by double clicking on it to extract the disk image, eu2102x.dmg
3. Mount the disk image by double clicking it, then drag UpdateInstaller.app to your downloads folder.
4. Right click on your copy of the installer app and select Show Package Contents, open folder 'Contents', 'Resources'.
5. Right click on the SDI.bundle and select Show Package Contents, open folder 'Contents', 'Resources'.
6. Delete the update.plist file and return to the downloads folder.
7. Run the modified installer application. It will ask for the administrator password.
8. Try to run the EOS Utility app, it will complain 'Alert: Cannot be used with this version of the operating system'

Now, to update it:

1. Download EOS Utility 2.12.3 Updater for Mac OS X (filename eu2.12.3x-updater.dmg.zip)
2. Decompress the zip file by double clicking on it to extract the disk image, eu2.12.3x-updater.dmg
3. Mount the disk image by double clicking it
4. Run the updater, eu2.12.3x_updater.app, again it will ask for the administrator password, and this time it asked to restart the computer as well.

Now to test it:

1. Run the EOS Utility app.
   
2. Check the version via the main menu.
3. Connect the camera via the USB cable, and turn on the camera.
4. Click on 'Camera settings/Remote shooting', and a tall this window appears - quite what all the icons mean is not immediately obvious, nor the counter.
   
5. On the main menu, I tried 'Tool', 'Test shooting ...' (Alt+Apple+S), which opened a new window and caused the camera flash to open and take a photo.
   
6. Next, I guessed that the round button on the top left of the remote shooting window was a remote shutter button.

There does not seem to be any help file included with the application which is disappointing, but I later realised there was an out of date PDF manual EOS Utility 2.11 for Macintosh Instruction Manual on the Canon 1000D website. I find it bizarre that Canon don't bundle this with the software.

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Tip: The buttons shown in this application depend on the camera mode, use the ring dial to change this. In full auto mode (green square on the dial) then the yellow tool icon on the 'Camera settings/Remote shooting' window is disabled.
Firmware Update
One of the reasons to install the EOS Utility is to update the camera's firmware - mine had v1.0.3 while the current Canon EOS 1000D firmware is v1.0.7 (oddly this wasn't on the Canon UK website). I've not done this yet as you need a spare SD card which will be reformatted.
Shutter Count

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I couldn't find the shutter count via the EOS Utility, but the simple free app 40D Shutter Count seems to work and apparently when I got it my Canon EOS 1000D had taken only 7790 photos - so should have lots of life left in it.

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