Extremely nasty Image Capture bug deletes video with import to Aperture

Image Capture allows one to specify Aperture as a target.
Nice feature, but Aperture can't handle video.
So what happens when the images you choose to import contain a video, and you've set IC to delete after import?
The videos are deleted, but not imported. If you were to import directly to Aperture they would be saved to the desktop by Aperture, but with this route they are deleted.
Lethal bug.

Terence Devlin wrote:
The moral of the story:
Never let your computer delete data before you know that the transfer has worked. Ever.
Don't let Image Capture, Aperture (oh, and btw, Aperture 3 does support video) or iPhoto delete pics. Ever.
After you have transferred the material to your Mac you can simply reformat the card with your camera - once you've verified the transfer. Reformatting the card with your camera is much faster - takes seconds - and has the added advantage of refreshing the directory structure on the card and so helping to avoid problems in the future.
And finally, given that both iPhoto and Aperture can import directly from your camera, why are you using Image Capture?
Regards
TD
After losing some images on my first attempts with iPhoto I quit using it. The whole program made no sense to me. I've been transferring images to the desktop with Image Capture, editing with Gimp, and storing in an image folder. I was hoping to give iPhoto another try and lost a couple of images... now trying to figure out where these things go. I'll try to import directly from the camera now that you've made me aware of the possibility. Any idea about this cache in the meantime? Maybe I'll find all the images I lost.

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