When I try to import photos from my camera's SD card I get an error message that says the files are in an unrecognizable format. I'm not sure what has changed, I was able to do this before without issue and I don't recall making any changes to the files or my computer. Anyone know a solution to get my photos onto my computer?
MacBook Pro
You may need to reformat the card; perhaps the file system on the card is corrupted. But first you have to try to get the photos from the card. Try, if Image Capture can import from the card, see Terence Devlin's post here: Re: Photos recognized by iPhoto but denied import "Unreadable File"
Regards
Léonie
So I figured out that it was a storage issue. I had been getting the alert that my Startup Disk is Almost Full for quite some time. After I deleted a number of files and freed up some space, I was able to import the photos without any problems. Thanks for the help, though. I'll remember that if I run into a similar issue in the future.
. I had been getting the alert that my Startup Disk is Almost Full for quite some time.
Then you are in danger of creating MAJOR porblems - you must have a minimum of 10GB of free disk at all times to avoid degredated preformance and loss of data and photos - how much free space do you have on yoru hard drive?
LN
Really? 10GB seems like a lot of free space. I currently have 4.85GB free. I've been trying to delete files to create more free space and I'm also considering an external hard drive or using iCloud. My main concern is storing my photos. I have a little over 16.5k currently and take more everyday. What do you recommend I do?
Create a minimum of 10 GB of free space (yes really) - a simple google search will confirm this (in fact many suggest a minimum of 15% of your hard drive be kept free) - one link is here - http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html
The best solution may be to get an external hard drive and move the iPhoto (and possibley iTunes) library to it -
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
LN
Thanks LarryHN. Will be getting an external drive stat.
Also if you use iDVD up the minimum to 20GB.
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file format not recognized in iphoto
