Cannot figure out how to upload photos to iPhoto

[macanaw]

I would appreciate any assistance any of you might be willing to offer....when I hook up my little Kodak Z740 camera to my Mac Mini and attempt to import photos to iPhoto, the import stops, and I get an error message telling me that the import cannot proceed due to an existing import with the incorrect extension.

The "last imported" photo is a .jpg photo that otherwise behaves correctly. How do I get iPhoto to accept my attempted import?

Any constructive comments/suggestions or help greatly welcomed and appreciated.

Did I mention that this is my first Mac?

Many thanks,
macanaw

 

[richfromroch]

And your Mini Is a?

2011, 2010, 2009???
If it's a 2011, remove the SD card from your camera and stick it in that nifty SD slot Apple installed on the rear of the Mini. If it still fails, you may have a corrupted jpeg. Has this happened before? If not, then the case for bad jpeg gets stronger...but your card could have issues, too.
Rich
Rochester, NY
(OK, home of Kodak)

 

[macanaw]

Cannot figure out how to upload photos to iPh...etc.

Thanks much, Rich-from-the-home-of-Kodak! It's a 2011, and using the SD card worked (as I'm sure you knew it would! Ha!) Man, sometimes a new & different unit can make one feel pretty dumb!

The .jpg photo is still in iPhoto also. I have to suppose (or hope) that it will not cause any more problems. It's a photo that came as an email attachment, so it's still in the email also, should I ever need or want to delete the one in iPhoto.

Thanks a mil for your timely and helpful response!

macanaw