TIP: Rightly or wrongly, Sony’s web-based App Update site only works with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. This means that users of Macintosh and Linux can’t download their apps this way. (Windows 10 users: IE is still available, but you have to dig to find it.) So if you’re part of the disaffected group the only way you can download and upgrade apps is to use the camera’s Wi-Fi and connect to their website through your router, as explained in Section 5.5.2.

You’ll also need to setup a PlayMemoriesOnline.com account. Here’s how to go about setting it up, then I’ll talk about some of the more noteworthy apps that are available as of this writing.

Figure 5-11: The currently available Camera Apps.

1. First, go to the PlayMemories Camera Apps website at: https://www.playmemoriescameraapps.com/portal (you MUST have the 'www' at the beginning) and setup your account. The same login information for this website should also apply to the PlayMemories Online website (www.PlayMemoriesOnline.com) where you will also need to have an account. If you plan on purchasing any applications, you’ll have to register a credit card here by pressing “Add Funds to Wallet”.
2. The App store is where you will go to download the camera applications and you will also find user manuals for each app there.

(The PlayMemories Online website is one of the places your photos (and videos) can be sent when you use the Direct Upload app on your camera. Here you can also share an album or send a postcard with an image and message of your choosing via email (messages on the card are limited at 50 characters)).