Connecting Canon EOS 600 D to Mac?

Hi

I have two 64 GB SDXC 10 cards - newly used in a Canon EOS 600D and 650D. The 600D transferred some of the images when inserted in the reader, but then stopped and failed to transfer about 1000 of our 4000, and half the video. It then seemed to eat all the images so none are left and none be can be read on the card, thpough the transferred stull on the mac hard drive is there still. . The card cannot be read in the camera which says "cannot access". The 650D simply won't show the card on the Mac at all though at the moment all the images seem to be on the card in the camera. What is going on? A medium problem, an Apple problem, a Canon problem? Apple is MacBook Pro mid 2009 NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 250MB 10.8.2. IUmages come from 4 weeks in Asia and are special...

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You do not need Canon's software to connect your camera to the Mac. If you connect your camera to your Mac, you should see a drive icon on your desktop, from which you can download photos, etc.

Another approach would be to remove the SD card from your camera and plug it into your computer (using the SD card slot or a separate card reader).

I would suggest that you use the Image Capture utility and set it so that when you connect your camera, one of the photo applications opens (e.g., iPhoto or Aperture).

My first thought: does your camera support 64 GB cards? My Canon supports up to 32 GB. Second thought: either the built-in or third party card reader will not support the card or its speeds. And, lastly, what speed class is your card? One of my Canons will not work well with Class 10 cards - I have to use the older (slower) Class 6 cards; it is also not compatible with the new high speed UHS-1 (marked by a '1' next to the SDHC or SDXC).

I then went to the Canon website wanting to check your camera specs and could not find any reference to a 600D - only an EOS 60D?

Well the 650D clearly does and others say the 550D does - the 600D sits in between : When I shot the photos they all appeared on playback inside the camera so I think that means the camera can support them. Wirdly they started to downlaod from the card when I inserted it in the MacBook Pro 13,, but I wonder if the card reader speed in the mac is the problem (ie it's not the canon but the Apple that cannot handle Class 10 cards). But then I moved them vis cable from the 650D and that was fine. The one I used in the 650D has not degraded even if it doesn't show up when the camera is plugged in on the desktop of the Apple )but intiially the one in the 600D did show up and thus i started the drag and drop). The Card is not a UHS-1 version, but a standard Class 10.

The most challenging thing now is the 1000+ files "lost" from the card in the 600D. Now as I say I cannot see the card in the camera either. The camera cannot access it and wants to format it. .

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Connect the camera. It must appear in Finder and Aperture or iPhoto will open