El Capitan broke Adobe Bridge CS6/Photo downloader
As Photos makes no distinction between RAW and JPG (I shoot in both), I changed my workflow to first download all images from my camera to an external HD, using Adobe Bridge CS6/Photo downloader. I then separate the RAWs (CR2 files from my EOS 7D) from the JPGs and import the JPGs into Photos, just for quick viewing, etc. Serious postprocessing will be done starting from the RAWs using a RAW converter of choice. That can be Adobe Camera RAW, between Bridge and Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 6.1.1 (I have not yet updated to 6.2, because the import function has been revised), DxO OP10, or even Aperture 3.6 which still functions as designed.
Any way, great was my surprise when I quickly made a few shots yesterday, and wanted to upload (through Bridge CS6/Get Photos from Camera) so I could start working on them. My EOS 7D was not detected:
I tried my iPhone, but that was not detected either.
I know there are alternatives: Image Capture had no issue, neither was the use of a card reader in combination with the same Adobe Bridge a problem.
Or even the Canon software (EOS Utility). Or Lightroom 6.1.1, that also found my camera immediately.
But I wanted to know where the problem exactly was. As I had made a full clone before upgrading from Yosemite 10.10.5 to El Capitan 10.11, I could easily reboot in Yosemite, and try the same. Guess what: no problem at all:
I have reported this to Adobe (Photoshop Family), but wanted to report it here as well.
If any expert has any ideas, please shoot. I know of many alternatives, but it would be nicer if my camera was detected again.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11)