Can't import digital photos to iphoto
I recently got a sony cybershot digital camera. Whenever I try to import photos from camera to iphoto, the importing process does occur, only after its finished uploading a message pops up that shows many "unreadable" files then the photos are nowhere to be found. I called sony first and they tried to help but told me that it was something having to do with iphoto and that it should import when you plug in the camera to computer. Apple told me to try this! Any advice would be much appreciated
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Try this.
Use Image Capture (in your Applications Folder) to move the files from your camera to a folder on the desktop. Will they import from there?
If not, try open and save some of the images in Preview. Will they import now?
If so, use your camera to Reformat the Card in the camera. Consult your manual for how to do this.
Regards
TD
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