Q: Image Capture Error (-9934)
Since installing a new SSD drive with a fresh install of Mavericks I have been struggling to import any images. Both of my Canon cameras (PowerShot 550 and Rebel T3) as well as iPhones and iPods return the error 'Import error (-9934)' when trying to copy an image.
At this point my only viable workaround is to use a USB card reader and copy the files through the Finder. Obviously this doesn't work for devices without a removable SD card.
The SD cards I'm working with are not locked and I changed the capture destination several times to verify it is a valid folder with write permissions. Dragging images to the desktop from the Image Capture window also produces the same -9934 error.
I've found very little discussion about this error so any help is greatly appreciated!
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Posted on Dec 23, 2013 9:26 AM
My story:
For one month since I upgrade to 10.9, Image import is working fine.
For some unrelated reason, I decided to do a permissions repair.
Subsequently, image capture failed with error -9934. Being so soon after permissions repair, I suspected that the folder that the images are imported into ( ~/Pictures) had been given incorrect permissions. I don't even remember what they were, but I'm sure my account had read/write access. I just gave universal access - and then image import immediately worked fine again.
Posted on Jan 25, 2014 4:45 PM
