HT3805 Trouble importing into Aperture form Memory Card

Coincidentally or not, after installing Mountain Lion, I am no longer able to import photos into Aperture from a USB connected memory card - the card does not appear in the Import Window any longer - has the method for this process changed or is it a bug?

Do you have Aperture 3.3.2? Are you trying to import raw images?
Does the card appear as external drive in the "Devices" section of the Finder's sidebar? And can you import from the Card in other applications, like Image Capture or iPhoto?

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hi,
i'm looking to completely automate the import into aperture...whether i connect my iphone or the sd-card from my nikon, i would
like aperture to open, import the photos into the pre-defined project and then delete the photos, without answering any questions
from aperture.
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pete

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This is risky - I'd reconsider, Pete. We have seen many cases here, where the import went wrong, and if you delete the originals from the card, before you check them after importing, you may be deleting your only copies. The recommended way is to wait until the first backup of your photos has been completed, before you delete photos from your card.

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hopefully you did not actually delete your photos but just hid them. Did you quit and relaunch Aperture before your images vanished, or did did it happen, while Aperture was open?
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Hiding in a different Librariy: Import into one library, then opening a different library and the images appear to be gone
Filtering and rejecting: Accidentally setting filters or using the "reject" key will exclude images from the view.
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If the images vanished while you were working with Aperture: (You did not tell us which Aperture version you are using - I assume you are using Aperture 3 ....)
Check the searchfields in the Browser and in the Inspector pane and clear them.
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Note that each library item may have its own filter applied; you will have to select them in turn to clear all filters.
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Images not appearing in browser, search filter is cleared
Rejecting images: If you accidentally hit the "9" key, your currently selected images may be rated rejected and the filter in the Browser will exclude them from view, if it is not set to "Showing all". Rejected images are marked by a "x". To unreject them assing a different rating.
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No problem
Let me put it this way. I want the Pictures folder to be my master library. When importing from a memory card, I'd like to:
1) Select a subset of images, which are new since last import (via "Do not import duplicates")
2) Create new project with timestamp = new Pictures subdolder and physically copy selected images (originals) from the card to the respective subfolder.
That is what Aperture does.
I just tried again these settings: It does not matter that the "Move, copy" buttons are not shown, because Aperture will always copy from a card.
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2) Create new project with timestamp = new Pictures subdolder and physically copy selected images (originals) from the card to the respective subfolder.
I want to clean install the OS and the app (with loosing all the ratings, places, versions...) just as a last option.
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