Trouble with canon 20d camera

Can anyone help. Since upgrading my mac to Tiger the Canon software I use for picture capture (this allows me to take a picture and adjust the camera from the computer) is not recognised, I've upgraded the driver from Canon but with no success. The mac sees the camera with the viewer utility and I can download from the camera - I just can't take or make adjustments to the camera from the mac.
Any help would be welcome,
Cheers
Barry
imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) none

Hi, Barry.
Is this an EOS 20D? If so, according to this page it should be compatible with Image Capture, which is in the Macintosh HD > Applications folder. Have you tried controlling the camera with Image Capture? After launching Image Capture, review its Help for details, i.e. Help > Image Capture Help.
I suspect unless someone else has a suggestion, you may want to contact Canon.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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