I cannot import photos from card, but I can preview them in camera. about 300 of 800 successfully imported, the rest do not. I do not get an error message, just a spinning "importing" message, no previews. I am on 3.5.1. Thanks
MAc Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Try dragging them to a Finder folder and seeing if they're OK there.
It's 99% likely it's not an Aperture issue. Bad card, bad reader are both more likely.
More likely than bad card/reader is bad workflow or lame hardware.
1) Do not import direct to Aperture. Copy the card contents to a folder on a hard drive, back that up, physically disconnect the camera card. Only then import to Aperture from one of the hard drives. Do not reformat the card until after backup and verification of all images in Aperture.
2) Some of us import in Projects sizes of no more than ~500 images per Project. For a larger shoot I would have Projects named 140419_Jones_Wed_A, 140419_Jones_Wed_B, 140419_Jones_Wed_C, etc. and use an Album to include all the 140419_Jones_Wed images.
3) Verify that no drive is more than ~70% full and that you have at least 8 GB RAM.
HTH
-Allen
You may have unreadable media on your card, for example, a video that cannot be imported. Or the file system on the card may have become corrupted and the card needs reformatting.
Can you read the card from the Finder, as William Lloyd suggested as a test?
If you find, that you can read the card from the Finder, try importing into a new Aperture library. If that is working, your Aperture library needs repairing, see: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual
Bad card or Aperture?
