Nikon D90 wont mount to desktop

Hi
I am trying to accesses my Nikon D90 but everytime I connect it iPhoto launches but the disk image never appears on the desktop. My card reader is broken and I can't get into town for a few weeks to replace it so the only way I have to download things from a memory card is from my camera. This is something that has been irritating me for a while be has become an issue now becasue of my broken card reader.
I need to be able to see my camera as a HD on my desktop but it just doesn't appear. The computer can obviously read from the camera as iPhoto imediately launches but it doesn't show the Disk Image. Can someone help me to fix this problem?

So does this mean I will nolonger be able to see my camera on the desktop as I have with previous models and brands?
It seems silly that you have to go through an image capture software or the like without the option to access the files manually. How are you to do firmware updates if you can not accesses this in a file form? I have checked on the Nikon website and to do a firmware update for this camera (which it's due for and I may as well do it) I need to Drag a file to the disk image to install the update.
This is a screen capture from the Nikon instructions.
So it should be possible. I remember that I used to be able to see the disk image when I first got the camera and would connect it to the computer, I'm pretty sure that this is a subsequent development.

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