Marty Roberts

Q: iphoto won't recognize my camera

This is happenign a lot lately!  I plug in the camera I have always used...Nikon L110 - and iphoto doesn't see it!  It has always worked before - what is going on??  This is serious as I need these photos!

iMac (24-inch Early 2009), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 26, 2013 8:20 PM

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 30, 2014 9:12 AM in response to Grammage
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    Aug 30, 2014 9:12 AM in response to Grammage

    No it is not obvious - it most likely is a SD card problem - but until you stop your attitude and stop demanding that your solution be correct (which of course if it were then you would be out of luck and there would be thousands of posts with the same problem) and work with people who have excellent track records of helping cooperative users you will not get anywhere

     

    Your next step is to use a card reader and get the photos off the card and then use the camera's format command to reformat the card

     

    And if you want more help try being polite and helpful for a change

     

    LN

  • by Marty Roberts,

    Marty Roberts Marty Roberts Aug 30, 2014 10:53 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 30, 2014 10:53 AM in response to LarryHN

    So, I started this thread - running into what is being described too.  I never could get mine to work even with a brand new cable.  Very mysterious because it worked fine, nothing changed and then it stopped working.  I can only think it is something inside my Nikon camera.  My solution was to get a card reader and import that way.  It is really a bummer though because I still can't import into my iPad and I would before…..

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 30, 2014 11:12 AM in response to Marty Roberts
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    Aug 30, 2014 11:12 AM in response to Marty Roberts

    And have formatted the card using the camera as recommended several times above?

     

    Ok

     

     

    Get the photos off of it (use image capture in your applications folder, use a card reader, or if your camera mounts to the desktop drag them to disk) and then use the camera's format command to erase and reformat your memory card

     

    So once you get the photos off reformat the card as recommended above

    Have you verified  that the camera is in Picture-Transfer-Protocol (PTP) mode?

     

    LN

  • by Marty Roberts,

    Marty Roberts Marty Roberts Aug 30, 2014 11:16 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 30, 2014 11:16 AM in response to LarryHN

    It's the very first post in this thread - L110.

  • by bananas13,

    bananas13 bananas13 Jan 23, 2015 6:33 PM in response to Marty Roberts
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    Jan 23, 2015 6:33 PM in response to Marty Roberts

    I had this problem and it was driving me nuts. I tried everything suggested in forums. Was at Office Depot today and lo and behold there was a card reader for $4.99 at the checkout so I got it.

     

    WORKS LIKE A CHARM. I know it doesn't FIX the problem, but it is the easiest workaround ever. The kind I got is really cute and made by Ativa.

     

    Good luck!

    Anna

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 24, 2015 11:50 AM in response to bananas13
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    Jan 24, 2015 11:50 AM in response to bananas13
    Was at Office Depot today and lo and behold there was a card reader for $4.99 at the checkout so I got it.

    A card reader frequently helps. Sometimes the batteries in the camera are just to weak, if the camera s not connected o a power source, or the camera has no mode, where the mac can recognise it as a camera.

  • by raven742,

    raven742 raven742 Apr 16, 2015 7:14 AM in response to Marty Roberts
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    Apr 16, 2015 7:14 AM in response to Marty Roberts

    This just happened to me and I finally realized that the mode setting dial on my Nikon DSLR was not on Auto but one of the special settings I rarely use (must have gotten moved when I put the camera in the case). I switched the dial to Auto and iPhoto recognized it just fine.

  • by westcoastone,

    westcoastone westcoastone Dec 29, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Marty Roberts
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    Dec 29, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Marty Roberts

    Hi:

     

    I had the same issue with both my camera and iPhone and found this post: Re: iPhoto won't recognize iphone

     

    This solved the issue instantly. Close all apps and restart without opening windows when logging back in. Then both the camera and iPhone are recognized.

  • by MVP88,

    MVP88 MVP88 Jan 4, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Marty Roberts
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    Jan 4, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Marty Roberts

    Had this happen for the first time today, with both iPhoto (which I still like) and Photos, with both a recent-model Canon camera and my iPhone.

     

    After running through the basic options and noticing that there wasn't much current talk about this on the boards (indicating a lower likelihood of a software upgrade issue), I tried plugging the cable from the camera/iPhone directly into the computer and my camera/iPhone were recognized by all the apps as usual.

     

    In my case, there seems to be an issue with my Belkin USB splitter. Old age of the hardware, power surge damage, upgrade compatibility issue...? Who knows. Anyway, will replace. And that direct-plug-in option is another one people might want to try.

  • by Geetarism,

    Geetarism Geetarism Mar 30, 2016 5:04 PM in response to Marty Roberts
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    Mar 30, 2016 5:04 PM in response to Marty Roberts

    Ok, so I just got back from vacation and plugged my cannon T4i into my Macair's USB and iPhoto brought up the pics but would only load into iPhoto. I used image capture and this allowed my to upload to any folder i like. Hope this helps. I would prefer if a window allowing me to save the pics on the SD card to anywhere on the computer like my PC does but oh well!

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 30, 2016 11:51 PM in response to Geetarism
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    Mar 30, 2016 11:51 PM in response to Geetarism

    Take the card out of the camera and use a card reader. Now you can.

  • by Geetarism,

    Geetarism Geetarism Mar 31, 2016 5:44 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Mar 31, 2016 5:44 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    unfortunately the AirI have does not support SD  cards ;(

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 31, 2016 7:27 AM in response to Geetarism
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    Mar 31, 2016 7:27 AM in response to Geetarism

    Yes it does. But you'll need an external reader that connects by USB. See above:

     

    Was at Office Depot today and lo and behold there was a card reader for $4.99 at the checkout so I got it.


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