I have a Canon Powershot SX30 IS which worked fine with OS X Leopard. Once I upgraded to Lion, all I get when I plug the camera in is "no camera found" Any Ideas?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
I assume that you are connecting the camera via USB. This doesn't directly address your problem but does your camera use SD memory cards and, if so, does your iMac have an SD memory card slot on the right side of the machine below the DVD drive slot?
I am using a USB. It use to open up the canon software upon powering up the camera. Since installing Lion, all I get when I power up the camera is No Camera Found. I tried uninstalling the canon software, reinstalling, restarting my mac and still nothing.
It also doesn't show up in iPhoto, which it used to.
I checked for new drives on canon's website...nothing.
Could you connect your camera to your iMac, switch it on and then open the application Image Capture (/Applications/Image Capture). Does Image Capture indicate that your camera is connected? It should appear as a Device and pictures on your camera should be displayed in the main window.
Finally, you did not answer my question about whether your iMac has an SD memory card slot and if your camera uses SD memory cards. If the answer to these questions are both "yes" then I highly recommend inserting your SD memory card from your camera directly into to the SD memory card slot. Not only should this sort out your problem but it will also make transferring your pictures faster and you don't have to muck about with a cable. Personally, I never connect my cameras to the computer directly.
The Camera uses SD cards; I have an 8GB SDHC in it now. My iMac does not have a card slot. I tried using Image Capture and that did the trick. Thanks for pointing it out. I deleted the software that came with the Canon and will just use Image Capture. Thank you so much for your help.
OK, I'm glad to hear that Image Capture is doing the job for you. In case you have not already noted this, when you open Image Capture with a device attached with images on it then you should know that Image Capture enables you to control which application launches, if any, when that device is connected in the future. In the bottom-left of the Image Capture window is a drop-down menu that allows you to select the application that should open when your device is connect, e.g. iPhoto, so that you can use that program to import the pictures.
Further to the above you might also find benefit from buying a dedicated card reader that connects to your iMac via USB2 or (ideally) FireWire. These devices are generally pretty cheap and they'll import your pictures much faster. If you take a reasonable number of pictures then the time saving is probably worth it and particularly so if you have more than 1 SD card to import the pictures from.
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