el capitan nikon transfer 2 not showing photos

Sorry to bring up an old thread but I wanted to clarify some stuff on this as this has been bothering me for a while and this is the first post that comes up every time I try to fix it. Success today.

The image capture app is the right place to start but to get it to work with Nikon Transfer 2 you need to take a couple more steps.

First, Go to the Nikon page and download View NXi. I read it had a newer version of Transfer 2 that is compatible with el capitan.

After you install that, go back to the Image Capture app and click on that tiny button on the lower left hand side and it will give you the option to change what happens when you connect a camera or SD card. Select other and point it to the nikon folder in you apps folder. click that and then click the View NXi and then click the new Nikon Transfer 2 app. That did the trick for me.

This really messed up my work flow as I use the nikon transfer to change the file names I have been using for years. I had to download to an older computer and then sneaker net them with a usb to my computer.

I just upgraded to El Capitan recently and discovered that while I could open Nikon Transfer 2, it would not see any of the photos on my iPhoneSE. I noticed that the Photos application would start up whenever I connected my iPhone so I went through the "first time" process in Photos and eventually got to the point where it wanted to import my photos. The first issue is that Photos didn't see the iPhone photos until I unlocked the iPhone (must be a new security feature). I was then able to import the iPhone photos into Photos (leaving the originals on the iPhone). I then selected my iPhone in the sidebar and unchecked the box "Open Photos for this device". I then unplugged my iPhone and plugged it back and the photos then appeared in Nikon Transfer 2. I suspect that when you check "Open Photos for this device" in Photos, that prevents any other program like Nikon Transfer 2 from seeing the photos on the device. Sidenote: I had Nikon Transfer 2 installed before upgrading to El Capitan so I didn't have any problems installing the Nikon software.

I'm getting the same issue with my iPhone 6s. I've restarted the app, the laptop and the phone multiple times but the photos don't show in Photos....

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

And another note. Image Capture also does not show the photos. They all show in the Camera roll inside the iPhone.

No such luck with my Canon EOS Rebel SL1. No photos displayed in either photos or image capture. Both worked fine with the camera under Yosemite.

Thanks for reporting that Jay Hill. Perhaps I should not give up hope just yet.

Ah sorry, Photog17 and Mad Dog The Englishman - just saw you'd already got to where I got up to!

Now awaiting response from Nikon support. See if i get any joy.

Update 2016:

Check out newest update from nikon:

http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/sw/61.html

Brilliant, thanks for letting me know.

And plimpy, yes i think you're probably right. Point noted.

🙂