I am unable to get my iMac to recognize my Canon DSLR camera.

I have a Canon EOS 50D DSLR Camera that I can't get my Mac to recognize when I connect the camera to the computer. Is there a driver that I can download for this? Anybody else have this issue?

Or with a card reader or just the camera attached, the camera's memory card can appear as an external drive on the desktop; and you can drag/drop copies from there into a folder on the desktop for use outside of any one application, or burn the folder to a DVD or CD.
I use a great, free third-party image editing software so I do not use iPhoto.
While it is OK, and has fair features, the content in iPhoto can
be more difficult to find later; the application has hiding places.
Good luck & happy computing!

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