Dan <[email protected]> Nov 28 11:43AM -0500 wrote: >View your system log and console log with Console.app. >Plug in the camera. >Note what messages appear in the logs. They will indicate >what the >problem be.
Thanks for this suggestion. When I followed what you wrote, there were no messages added to either the Console log or the System log. I think this is consistent with the response of the three programs (iPhoto, Image Capture, and Canon's Camera Window), none of which saw that a camera had been connected. I also tried opening Image Capture before switching on the camera, but there was again no response from Image Capture nor any change in these two log files. Console offers a slew of other log files. I looked at a few, but couldn't make sense of them and don't have a clue as to which, if any, might deal with import from a camera. >>OS X -- for almost three years, camera imports have been >>trouble-free under this OS.] >Given the number of security vulnerabilities that have been fixed >over the years, 10.4.6 -> 10.4.11, plus those in the layered products >(QuickTime, Safari, etc), plus the various security updates... >"trouble-free" is a sad excuse. This is the equivalent of driving >down a highway at 80mph with no seatbelt, high on scooby snacks, and >justifying it because you haven't crashed yet. I don't understand your point here. Are you saying that I may have picked up some malware that has caused this problem of not recognizing the camera? I am aware that a number of theoretical vulnerabilities have been discovered and fixed by Apple since 10.4.6, but not that any exploits of these vulnerablities have actually been found in the wild. Also, my impression is that if such exploits exist, they would require that the user cooperate by opening and installing some disguised malware. I have been careful not to allow this to occur, and have installed all of Apple's Security Updates for Tiger on a PPC. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
