An apparatus for processing information is provided, such as a digital camera having a communication function with improved performance while retaining compactness and immediate functionality. A size of data (first data) expected to be received is added to an expected size of second data to be entered (for example, an expected size of image data obtained in a predetermined photography image-quality mode), so that a resultant sum is compared to an amount of a remaining storage capacity of a memory (storage medium), and if that sum is larger than the calculated remaining storage capacity, the apparatus sends a direction (instruction) indicating that the data expected to be received should be sent (transferred) to a predetermined transmission destination. In this manner, the first data is not received, that is, the first data is sent (redirected) to a predetermined transmission destination.