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How can I make my camera show as a disk in finder?

I am using Photoshop Lightroom as my photo manager. My cameras are Canon SLRs.

No problems importing photos to Lightroom, but sometimes I would like to copy directly from the cameras using the finder, but the camera card does not show up as a disk in finder as it does in Windows explorer.

How can I set up the system to make the camera show in finder?

MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 11, 2012 2:05 AM

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Dec 2, 2012 9:05 PM in response to ArneMS

Yes, this is another new "feature" in Mtn Lion.


I have a Canon S95 camera.


My Lion Mac Minis show the name of the camera on the left and on the desktop. So did my Ubuntu and Win7 laptops. This late 2012 Mtn Lion mini does not.


I can specify to open Image Capture when the camera is connected. But I.C. is more complex than just using the camera as an external drive in the finder. I have decades of photos organized in subject folders.


This is my 6th major frustration with Mtn Lion. They should've called it "Lame Giraffe" or "Know-it-all Chimp." Mtn Lion tries too hard to think for us, like Microsoft "products" do. They've also removed too many good features, like iDVD.


What would Steve say (RIP)?


I am watching the clock on my return capability at Best Buy. I may yet go for a Lion mini if they have one left, or just go back to Linux.

How can I make my camera show as a disk in finder?

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