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Why can't I download pictures I see on my camera roll into iPhoto or Aperture?

In brief: Aperture 3 doesn't see most of the photos that are in my iPhone camera roll. Thus, I can't import them. Help!

I have an iPhone 4. I snapped a few photos and I see them in my camera roll. When I plug the iPhone into my Mac via the usb connector, it syncs as it should. But when I go into Aperture 3 and try to import the photos, only one shows up. While searching for a solution this morning, I found a question about this problem asked 2 years ago here in the forums, but the solution no longer works. Back then, the solution was to open Image Capture and press Command B to browse devices, then un-check your iPhone. Then re-check it again. Well, "Command+B" no longer works in Image Capture. My Mac is running the latest version of Snow Leopard and my iOS is running the latest update (from this week) as well. Any idea what's going on here or how I can fix it?

Posted on Apr 17, 2011 12:59 PM

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Jalpuna Author

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Apr 17, 2011 10:53 PM in response to Ingo2711

Can you tell me a little about what will happen if I do that? What will I lose? Anything? Is a copy of the data for certain apps stored in the apps themselves on my Mac?

Apr 18, 2011 12:15 AM in response to Jalpuna

What about choosing the corrupted photos and emailing them to yourself?

Then try opening them in an image editor and re-saving them as jpgs and then try opening in Aperture.

You also might want to look into getting this awesome little app to help:

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/

wjosten

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Apr 18, 2011 1:16 AM in response to Jalpuna

See if this program can see & delete the corrupt photo:

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/

Jalpuna Author

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Apr 18, 2011 8:57 AM in response to wjosten

That's a neat piece of software. Sadly, it can't see the corrupt photo. It's looking like I'm going to have to restore my iPhone.

Jalpuna Author

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Apr 20, 2011 10:57 AM in response to Jalpuna

I posted a few questions here in the forums as I tried to narrow down what the problem was. In the end, it was a problem on my Mac, not the iPhone. Repairing permissions and/or doing a disk repair solved it. I'm not sure which because it seemed to make sense to do them both at the time. Now, I have no problem importing from my iPhone.

Why can't I download pictures I see on my camera roll into iPhoto or Aperture?