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jwtillema

94 posts since
Mar 9, 2002

Aug 23, 2004 9:59 PM

Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

Hey All,

I did a search before posting, and a user named Proxy had the same problem, but nobody could answer him.
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I'll try again, and hopefully someone can answer.

My PowerShot A70 does not mount to the desktop in Panther. I can't find the device in the terminal or by Go -> Go to folder -> /Volumes either. Nothing seems to work. Does anyone know how to get this camera to mount? If not, can anyone here claim that they can mount their PowerShot A70 in Panther? Thanks in advance.

albloom

2,251 posts since
Apr 21, 2004

1. Aug 24, 2004 4:26 AM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

Yesterday (or thereabouts) a poster "solved" that problem
by applying the 10.3.5 combined update. His camera had previously
worked via USB.

If you're trying for the first time, try various combinations of
have the camera off when connecting the USB wire, have it on,
make sure the camera is set to play (as opposed to take pictures),
that sort of thing.

jwtillema

94 posts since
Mar 9, 2002

2. Aug 24, 2004 12:35 PM

in response to: albloom

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

In reply to:<hr />
If you're trying for the first time, try various combinations of
have the camera off when connecting the USB wire, have it on,
make sure the camera is set to play (as opposed to take pictures),
that sort of thing.

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Of course. If I didn't have it set to play or do any of those other things, image capture would never detect the camera, which it does.

Also, I've had 10.3.5 installed for quite some time now, and that hasn't made any difference.

Tom_Diola

2,246 posts since
Oct 19, 2001

3. Aug 24, 2004 2:22 PM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

What about iPhoto?

jwtillema

94 posts since
Mar 9, 2002

4. Aug 24, 2004 6:03 PM

in response to: Tom_Diola

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

iPhoto works fine. I have no problems getting photos and/or videos out of my camera. The problem is that I can't mount the camera to the desktop. I have 512 MB of memory in my camera, so I'd like to use the camera as a storage device, which I used to do (I believe I could do it before the Panther installation, but that was so long ago that I frankly don't remember). I also tried looking for the device via the terminal, but I can't find it there either. Maybe I don't know where to look. Any pointers?

dougster

4,714 posts since
Feb 25, 2001

5. Aug 24, 2004 6:18 PM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

Wish I could remember which Panther update, not that it matters, but it did change the mounting icon on my CyberShot Sony camera. It is totally different than before. Just for fun, if you are close enough, would be to walk into an Apple Store and plug in your camera. I've done that in the past to play with some of 'their' software and they did NOT care.

-doug

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

6. Aug 24, 2004 8:16 PM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

I just tried mine, A Nikon, empty 256mb CF, and transfered some files from the desktop to the card and back. Maybe a system glitch? Try permissions repair, run Onyx, restart and see if that works. Also sometimes having a really clean card makes a diff. Do a reformat of the card in the camera.

goldenlager

87 posts since
Mar 21, 2004

7. Aug 25, 2004 6:10 AM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

Have the same problem with my G5 Canon on both my G5 PM and my TiBook. Prior to 10.3.4 the camera would mount on my desktop and since .4 and now with .5 iPhoto will open up the camera so that I can retrieve the pictures, but not the movies. So now I have to plug in my CF reader and do it that way. I have tried every thing I could think of to fix this as well.

dougster

4,714 posts since
Feb 25, 2001

8. Aug 25, 2004 8:38 AM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

In reply to:<hr />
Do a reformat of the card in the camera.

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-Macpaul,
Thanks for posting the card reformat idea. Never thought of that, and hope the original poster will return with some good results and the fix .. if any.

-doug

jwtillema

94 posts since
Mar 9, 2002

9. Aug 25, 2004 5:59 PM

in response to: dougster

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

So how do I reformat the card? Through the camera? Obviously I can select the pictures and delete them one at a time, but I don't know how I would format the card.

Goldenlager,

You can download video from image capture. It's very easy.

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

10. Aug 25, 2004 6:56 PM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

It's in the 'menu'> card format.

jwtillema

94 posts since
Mar 9, 2002

11. Aug 26, 2004 6:04 PM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

Thanks Macpaul,

I formatted the card, hooked the camera up, iPhoto autostarts, but still no desktop mounting.

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

12. Aug 26, 2004 6:47 PM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

I'd have to be there. Try going to sys. prefs>cd's&DVD's and where it says insert Picture CD, click 'ignore'. Maybe that will make it mount. Also, after you have it hooked up, go to disk utility and it should show up there. You can highlight the card and click mount in the menu bar.

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

13. Aug 26, 2004 6:56 PM

in response to: jwtillema

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

This is probably a duplicate post, but after you've connected your camera(iPhoto off), then camera switched on, if it doesn'tshow on the desktop does it appear in Disk utility? If so highlight it and clik 'mount'. good luck!

Martian

1,484 posts since
Sep 27, 2001

14. Aug 27, 2004 2:12 PM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Mount Digital Camera to Desktop

If you have a CF card reader, why would you even want to screw around connecting a camera. The reader is faster, no messy cables, no battery issues.

I leave my (firewire) reader permanently connected to my Powermac, and a PCMCIA/CF card adapter permanently in my laptop.

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