Camera no longer appears on desktop

I've been connecting my Canon IXUS 870 to my Intel iMac to download photos to iPhoto. It all worked fine until yesterday - I'd simply plug the camera in, it would appear on the desktop and I would launch iPhoto where it would appear and off I'd go. Yesterday, it didn't appear on the desktop, system profiler showed it connected to the keyboard USB but couldn't find it anywhere. iPhoto couldn't find it either. I had to install the Canon software to access the camera and download pics, which is a lot slower than iPhoto.
What's happened??

Look at
USB and FireWire Quick Assist
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1151?viewlocale=en_US
Common fixes for USB device issues (unrecognized, etc.)
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070824012114701
Suggest you buy (about $10 - $20) a USB memory card reader. Just plug your camera's memory card into it & copy the pic files to your Mac. Quicker & easier than interfacing the camera for pic transfer.
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