My camera it dosen´t appear on my desktop

[yoak]

All of a sudden iPhoto dosen´t seem to recognize that it´s a camera connected. It dosen´t show up with an icon on the desktop either.
But when I unplugg it, my ibook tells me that I have removed device wrongly and need to drag it´s icon to the bin first.

Any idea what´s going on here?

 

[drumpat01]

you could try reinstalling iLife. Was it on your mac when you got it? if so it should be on your OSX Install dvd. Maybe that would fix it.

 

[calebjohnston]

My camera never shows up on my desktop. It's supposed to?

 

[adk]

Some cameras don't mount on the desktop. Don't know why except that it's a PITA. Can you still import pictures?

 

[calebjohnston]

I can still import pictures and everything just fine - maybe only l337 cameras mount to the desktop. Mine is only a kodak easyshare so who knows.

 

[yoak]

Maybe I´ll try yo reinstall ilife. Just gotta find that disk

 

[Laser47]

I would try reformatting the cameras memory card if you dont have any pictures on it, it might be corrupted. Also check to see if the camera shows up in disk utility. The computer might be recognizing the camera but it cannot mount or read the memory card.

 

[supremedesigner]

same problem...

I have same problem, my new camera icon doesn't show up on my desktop. But I can import pictures and movies just fine.

My camera is Canon PowerShot SD 450 (gotta love that baby!)

My old camera, Sony Cybershot (bought it in 2003) and the camera show up on my desktop. Strange.

 

[Koodauw]

cannon camera's dont show up on your desktop, and for some reason a Sony will. Kinda weird if you ask me, but there are other threads the go into detail as to why. Because of this I now use a 5-1 reader, so everything shows up on the desktop.

 

[yoak]

I got a Nikon Coolpix, and I can´t transfer pictures from it either

 

[n-abounds]

Damn I have a Canon Powershot SD400, and I wish it would show up on the desktop, just because it helps me organize...you know how it is with digital, a lot of stuff can easily get lost...

 

[Pistol Pete]

my pont and shoot does....my nikon slr doesnt...

 

[ftaok]

Damn I have a Canon Powershot SD400, and I wish it would show up on the desktop, just because it helps me organize...you know how it is with digital, a lot of stuff can easily get lost...

Get a card reader. It'll mount on the desktop.

 

[ftaok]

I got a Nikon Coolpix, and I can´t transfer pictures from it either

If it's not the memory card, maybe it's the USB cable. Do you have another cable to try?

 

[yoak]

This is weird. I repaired permissions. Then I finaly managed to get the icon on my desktop, but it came up as a folder
This has never happened before.
I had to drag them into iPhoto. That worked fine, but I did not manage to eject the folder icon or drag it to the trash.