Grassy1979

Q: el capitan nikon transfer 2 not showing photos

Since the El Capitan upgrade my settings were changed from opening Nikon Transfer 2 on plugging in of SD cards to "Photos" (that god awful pathetic effort for a photo management program).

I have gone into Image Capture and change the settings back to Nikon Transfer 2 when SD are plugged in, however when it opens it can't find any images on the SD cards, this appears to be a common issue when searching other forums.

 

I use the nikon software to manage the import of my images to Aperture.

 

Can anyone suggest a fix?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10), 8Gb Ram, 1Tb HDD

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 6:39 PM

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  • by richle,

    richle richle Nov 19, 2015 3:07 PM in response to richle
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    Nov 19, 2015 3:07 PM in response to richle

    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.

  • by richle,

    richle richle Nov 19, 2015 6:09 PM in response to richle
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    Nov 19, 2015 6:09 PM in response to richle

    Response from Nikon:

    Thank you for contacting Nikon Asia Technical Support. Your case has been forwarded to us.

    We will assist you from here.

     

    Kindly be advised that akk if the software mentioned on your previous email has been discontinued and has been replaced with a newer version. However we would advised that all of our software is still not fully compatible with the new El Capitan OS. We are still in the mist of updating the software to be compatible with El Capitan OS. We apologies for the inconvenience. You may still use these software and you may download it from the link provided below:

     

    ViewNX-i

    http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/sw/35.html

     

    Capture NX-D

    http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/sw/31.html

     

    Thank you once again for your support on Nikon Products. We hope that we have addressed your concerns.

    Please feel free to contact us for more information.

     

     

    SO let's hope they don't take too long to update the new software. Bit of a disappointment for a multinational producer to be so slow in doing these upgrades

    Oh well... we wait... in hope...

  • by Berge008,

    Berge008 Berge008 Dec 29, 2015 4:18 AM in response to Grassy1979
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    Dec 29, 2015 4:18 AM in response to Grassy1979

    Nikon Transfer 2 still doesn't work so I created a workflow in Automator to perform the job. Such a workflow can be saved and re-used when needed. Its a little bit more work when compared to how it was when Nikon Transfer functioned but is does the job. The only drawback is that direct import from a camera doesn't work only SD cards are recognised.

     

    Making a workflow is relatively easy; after opening Automator (/applications/automator) in the right panel 3 steps are created

    1. Get Specific Finder Items allows the selection of the pictures on the SD card.

    2. Move Finder Items the pictures are moved to the directory where you want to store the photos

    3. Rename Finder Items: Add Text allows batch renaming of the pictures in the directory where they where moved.

     

    Make sure to save the workflow for future downloads.

  • by plimpy,

    plimpy plimpy Jan 27, 2016 5:29 PM in response to richle
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    Jan 27, 2016 5:29 PM in response to richle

    I think its a bit unfair to say nikon, qantas etc are slow to update their programs. Their programs worked fine and then apple reconfigures things so that only apple programs will work. its apple who are being deliberately obstructive. i can't go a day without being told to update my software and when i do none of my programs that were working fine will now function. its disappointing that a company with such a monopoly that makes so much money can't be a little more considerate and helpful to its customers!

  • by xposela,

    xposela xposela Feb 2, 2016 4:24 PM in response to Grassy1979
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    Feb 2, 2016 4:24 PM in response to Grassy1979

    It's the cable..  He's Dead Jim.  I really tried everything else to save me from a plunge into the cable grave yard.. That worked also there is always a reason to leave a -2 gen mac lying around and spinning.  This to validate it's not drivers etc..

  • by schnautzi,

    schnautzi schnautzi Mar 27, 2016 6:51 AM in response to richle
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    Mar 27, 2016 6:51 AM in response to richle

    Update 2016:

     

    Check out newest update from nikon:

     

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

  • by richle,

    richle richle Mar 27, 2016 7:54 AM in response to schnautzi
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    Mar 27, 2016 7:54 AM in response to schnautzi

    Brilliant, thanks for letting me know.

     

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

     

     

  • by rjgogo,

    rjgogo rjgogo Apr 5, 2016 3:34 PM in response to Vincent Marks
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    Apr 5, 2016 3:34 PM in response to Vincent Marks

    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. 

  • by richle,

    richle richle Apr 7, 2016 4:02 AM in response to rjgogo
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    Apr 7, 2016 4:02 AM in response to rjgogo

    Aha! Hoorah! rjgog! Thanks for raising this old post.

    You've saved me the trouble of learning all these crazy extra bits of extra software i didn't need. All i wanted was my old Nikon transfer back to just rename files in my old naming convention, and this DOES IT! At last!

    What's more, it seems that once you've opened it in View NXi (or maybe even without the need to do that), you can jump into the Nikon folder and drag the Nikon transfer 2 software to the dock, and get rid of all those other superfluous apps.

    Ah. Big sigh of relief.

    Life returns to as it was 6months ago when i could name my image files the way i like it to keep life organised!

    NikonTransfer2.jpeg

  • by bugsoft,

    bugsoft bugsoft Sep 27, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Grassy1979
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    Sep 27, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Grassy1979

    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.

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