IPhoto No Longer Recognizes Panasonic Lumix

I have had a Panasonic Lumix for about a year. I have regularly transferred photos from the SDHC 60x disc to iPhoto on my MaxBook Pro (10.8.5). I recently updated iPhoto to 9.4.3 after receiving a software update notification. Now iPhoto doesn't automatically open, and I'm not seeing an icon for the disk either in the Finder or in iPhoto. I'm wondering if there is a workaround for this so I can transfer the photos to iPhoto. One more thing ... when I got the Lumix, everytime I put the disk in the MacBook, the icon that appeared was Casio, the transport software for my previous camera. But now there's nothing. Thanks for your help!

It is most likely that your SD card needs to be reformated - you need to get your photos off the card and then use the camera's format command to reformat the card
Does Image Capture (in your applications folder) see the card - if it does use it to get the photo soof - otherwise you need a card reader or use your husband's computer to get them off - then reformat
LN

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