Stop Applications from Opening Automatically
If you prefer to skip Image Capture completely and have another application -- perhaps iPhoto, Aperture or virtually anything -- launch whenever you connect a camera or iOS device. Simply connect the device, open Image Capture and change “Connecting this [device] opens” to whatever you’d like -- including “No application,” which will do nothing at all. Each camera or device can have its own special settings, too.

Quickly Email a Photo Without Importing
Sometimes you just want to email a photo you just took without going through the hassle of actually importing it somewhere. Image Capture will abide! Plug in your camera or device, open Image Capture, select the photo(s) you want to send and change “Import To” to Apple Mail -- or an application of your own choosing, which can include non-email programs as well. Click Import, finish your email and send.

Build a Web Page from Your Photos
Looking for a quick way to make a web page from your camera photos? Select some photos in Image Capture, change “Import To” to “Build Web Page” and click Import -- in a moment, your default web browser will open and you’ll see a new HTML page with thumbnails of your desired images which now lives in your Pictures folder. Click on a thumbnail to see the image larger, or upload the folder to most anywhere to share with others.

Share Devices with Other Computers
Want to let another computer on your network use a scanner or even import photos from a camera? Simply connect the device and click “Share [device]” in the lower left corner of Image Capture. Quit the application and open it on the other computer and you can now import photos from there, or even scan images directly from their scanner.

AutoImporter: Consider It Done!
Maybe having an application open whenever you connect a device isn’t going far enough -- that’s why Apple includes AutoImporter with Image Capture. To automatically transfer items from your camera to your computer every time you connect, simply change “Connecting this [device] opens” to “AutoImporter” and watch in amazement as Image Capture transfers your photos to the AutoImporter folder in your Home > Pictures folder.

Create a PDF Contact Sheet
Have lots of images to import but want to narrow it down to just a few? Change the “Import To” pulldown to “MakePDF,” click Import All and in moments Image Capture will pull your photos into the Pictures folder and create a PDF contact sheet for everything. Modify the contact sheet by cropping or fitting images to four different sizes (or create your own), then save the PDF for later reference.