Connecting canon camera

Since I dont' have my installation CD for my Canon camera, I was told to get a card reader in order to upload my photos from my camera. However, does it work on Apple? What kind of card reader should I get?
Also, how come Apple can't open .wmv file and .rar files? It's annoying. Will it solve the problem if I install Windows on Apple? Where can I get Windows software for free?

Since I don't have my installation CD for my Canon camera, I was told to get a card reader in order to upload my photos from my camera. However, does it work on Apple? What kind of card reader should I get?
Haven't you tried using the USB camera that comes with your camera and just plug it in to see if the Mac recognizes it?
Also, how come Apple can't open .wmv file and .rar files? It's annoying.
You can't expect any operating system to do everything initially especially with proprietary formats. There are free programs that deal with these files though.
For your WMV files (which Microsoft controls I might add): Flip4Mac (http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm)
For your RAR files: StuffitExpander (http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/)

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I've searched these forums and others but can find nothing about this. Hopefully someone here can help.
I've been connecting my 20D to my 15" PowerBook 2005 (first running OS 10.3.9 and now running OS 10.4.3) since I got the camera two months ago. I have been using EOS Viewer Utility and the supplied USB cable and everything has been fine so far... The camera has appeared as "EOS 20D" in the left sidebar of EVU and I have been able to offload images and connect to EOS Capture.
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Hi AJ, Thanks for the thoughts. Here's the results...
New account:
I made a new account and tried the camera there. Got the exact same results. Good idea though, as that does sometimes clear things up or at least pinpoint problems.
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I removed it from our PB's long ago. Found its filing system too troublesome early on and never looked back. I could install it if it would get the camera recognized by EVU again, but I'd be surprised if that changed anything. (I'm guessing iPhoto recognizes cameras the same wat Image Capture does, and IC still works fine, so I'm not sure I'd discover anything new.)
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I don't need to wait at all, since the camera is on when I start Canon's EOS Viewer Utility, as recommended by the manual. The camera is listed when the app's main window appears. (I have tried starting EVU first, then the camera, and it takes about 3 seconds for the "EOS 20D 1" to appear, still inaccessible.)
I've tested the camera-computer connection with anywhere from 0 to about 45 images on the camera's card. I've never had any lag with either my SD100 or my 20D, no matter what app I use to access them or the number of pics on either camera's card.
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Dear Customer,
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http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/cameras/powershot-camera-specials/powe rshot-sx500-is
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