How to setup a folder on Desktop to import Photos

Hullo
I have a Mac 10.6.5. and Lightroom 3.3.
Would somebody provide a step by step on how to import photos from my SLR to a folder on my desktop before I import them into Lightroom.
I use a card reader to import photos. I do not wish Lightroom to open first but to go straight to my desktop? I set up a folder on the desktop, but my camera does not recognize the folder
I do not have my Nikon's editing application installed on my computer.
thanks
Sue

I cannot speak for Nikon, but Canon cameras come with a suite of tools for this purpose. There is a download tool to download images from your capture card called Camera Window and there is another tool to browse the images called ZoomBrowser which is similar to Adobe Bridge, except it can only view JPG and RAW image data including EXIF information and tags. It can also browse to any directory on your local machine (and possibly your network) so it is easy when you specify CameraWindow where to download the images to--ZoomBrowser then launches after CameraWindow is closed and opens to the directory/directories where your images are stored. They are usually named with the convention of this: YYYY--MM--DD (year, month, date) and numbered sequentially according to the last image that was taken by the camera, regardless of whether that image has been erased from the capture card.
I highly recommend looking into getting such a tool from Nikon for your camera. I'm sure Nikon, being a large company, has such a tool for your specific DSLR.
P.S. The tool from Nikon is probably a free download. Make sure it works with 64-bit OS and make sure you have the serial number of your camera in case the site requests it for the download. You might have to register as a user with Nikon on their site before being able to download.
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