Lightroom 5 won't import all photos on card

Hello,
I've been using Lightroom 5 successfully for half a year (Mac OS X 10.7.5--my camera is a Canon Mark III--and I shoot raw), and never had a problem with importing photos. Suddenly yesterday, when I clicked on import, and then my card, the thumbnails on the card came up, but most were greyed-out, and the program only wanted to import a few select photos. I did the update for Lightroom 5, but still couldn't get the photos to import. The same thing happened again today with a second card, and I cannot uncheck/or check all of the photos, or find any other way to get the greyed-out photos to become un-grey or to import. I hope someone can help me soon, because I am running out of cards.
Thanks.

Thanks Catherine.
Normally these issues are due to some sort of hardware malfunction.
The cards themselves could be a problem (less likely because you have used multiple cards).
The card reader could have an issue.
The USB cable connecting the card reader to the computer may also be faulty (you could try a different cable and see what happens).
Sometime the USB port and controller might be corrupted.
Something to try while going through all the options is to copy the images from the card onto your system and then try to import them from the hard drive into Lightroom and see if the problem persists.
This process is a somewhat trial-by-error thing.
Tony Jay

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