IPhoto won't import any more photos from Nexus One

I haven't been importing files for some months, and now I notice it doesn't work anymore.
Last time I did that and it worked I probably had Android 2.1 and OSX 10.5, now I have Android 2.2 and OSX 10.6, so either OS could be at fault.
I mount the SD card, it mounts successfully, iPhoto (8.1.2) opens and detects the SD card, but it doesn't show any photo. Yes there are photos, they are new, and even if I uncheck "hide photos already imported" it's still empty.
The photos are located in /DCIM/Camera

I have the same issue. Definitely broke with an iPhoto update. See here:
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-help/11644-mac-users-photos-no-longer- show-up-iphoto-9-ilife-11-a-3.html
"Figured out the Problem, Attempting a solution
I am having the same issue, and after reading this whole thread I did some tests.
The phone is not the culprit; I copied ALL of the files from the phone card to a standard SD card and placed it into my card reader and got the same result (iPhoto not working, as described in this thread).
I then deleted all of the folders/files that were not one of the following:
the DCIM folder
standard system folders (normally hidden), like .Trahes, .fseventsd, etc.
iPhoto worked with the phone files after that.
Based on this, it seems that iPhoto cannot read the card if it has more than one folder, and since the Android OS requires other folders, this is keeping it from working.
So then, with the phone still plugged in, I made a new "virtual disk" (just a small disk image with Disk Utility) and in it I created a symbolic link named DCIM pointing to the DCIM folder on the phone. (For those that don't know, a symbolic link is similar to and functions like an Alias, but its compatibility with the system level is better than an Alias, making it more transparent.)
Mac supports Folder Actions, running scripts in response to changes in folder contents. I am working on a script that will watch the /Volumes folder for newly inserted disk drives. When one is found, it will search for a DCIM folder. If it has one, then it will see if there are other folders. If there are other folders (which will keep iPhoto from working), then the script will generate a small disk image, mount it, then create a DCIM symlink pointing to the DCIM folder on the non-working drive.
When all is said and done, iPhoto will be able to read the virtual disk, and the symlink will reroute all changes back to the real phone disk as if the disk image weren't there. Thus, it will be usable again. Downside is iPhoto shows two disks, one for the non-working phone and one for the disk image, but it works. I have tried it all manually, so all I have to do is write the script. Hopefully I can finish it."

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