IPhoto finds camera, but not photos

I have never had a problem with this, but about a week ago, iPhoto stopped finding any pictures when I connected the camera via the USB cable. I can still pull the photos on to the computer using the proprietary software that came with it (Canon Powershot S400 Elph) and loading them into iPhoto, but iPhoto will not find the photos on its own.
Switching USB ports didn't help.
Turning off the camera, closing iPhoto and retrying didn't help.
Can you help?

Ubele,
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean about reading the Terms of Use. I read them. Did I do so something incorrectly?
No, didn't mean to imply anything was wrong. Some of us in the forum just like to point out the Terms of Use to new users. Sorry about any confusion.
There's also the iPhone issue, where my iPhone doesn't show up at all in Aperture
I don't have an iPhone to help with personal experience. However, I seem to remember other users have reported that they can use their iPhone with Aperture only when iTunes is also active. However I cannot find any of those threads at the moment to help direct you to better details.
Yes, I do have new images on my camera. When they didn't appear in Aperture, I opened iPhoto, and they showed up there.
This is indeed curious. Without any really good ideas at the moment, I would suggest [Troubleshooting Basics|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805], as there may be something wrong with your library.
nathan

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