On 28/3/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >I inserted an SD card (as used by my Optio S4) into my Lexar Media card >reader, and a drive icon appeared on my desktop.
Correct. >I clicked that, and iPhoto opened, Hmm, the icon of your SD card is a mounted disk, and when double-clicked, it should open a Finder window, not iPhoto.... however, I did the same with a CF card and opened iPhoto manually. I don't use iPhoto, but I can see that it is very similar ti iTunes, which I *do* use, so.... > with thumbnails of all my card's >photos. Did you import them? That's what I had to do. Once imported, then you can eject the card. Put the card back in the camera and erase all on the card if desired, or reformat the card. Either way it deletes all the images from the card. Always do this in the camera, not in the computer. >Some 113, as I recall... >I moved several to the trash, How did you trash them? Did you drag them to the iPhoto's trash can in the panel on the left of the window? Or did you drag them to the Finder's trash in the dock? > then made new folders that appeared in the >left hand side panel. When you make a 'new folder' that appears in the left hand side panel, you are making a 'New Album'. This is the same as making a new playlist in an MP3 player, like iTunes. The albums at left are simply a viewing order for looking at pictures. The actual pictures themselves reside in the Photo Library, which should appear always at the top left of the left hand panel. If you look in there, you may find your pictures are still there. Deleting pictures from an album *does not* delete them from iPhoto - they will still be in the Photo Library. If you delete them from the Photo Library, then they are deleted. This is one of the reasons not to delete anything from a media card (like your SD card) at the computer. Keep all safe on the card until you have got everything the way you want it in your chosen method of viewing/storage. Only then delete the SD card images, and only then, back in the camera. >I named the folders, and moved most of the remaining thumbnails into >their respective folders. Nice and neat. >I trashed a few more, Trashed them from the Photo Library? Or from an individually created new album? >then randomly checked the content of the various >folders, to see if everything was okay, and finally emptied the trash... > >GASP!!! All of my folders emptied out! Not a single image left! The >folders were still there, but when I highlited each one, the text down >at the bottom said "0 images." Egad! Look in the Photo Library - are they gone from there?? > >Fortunately, I had previously put all the images in various other >folders on my hard drive, so I was able to find the images again, but >still... scared the heck out of me! I personally do not use an application to import images from a media card onto the computer. I do it manually, as i suspect the majority of people do. Vis: Mount the card on the desktop, open it, see the images inside. Drag them into freshly created new folders in the area where I keep my pics, so that they copy across. Then i eject the card and place it on my desk, where it waits. Next, open Photoshop and use the File Browser (a glorified iPhoto) to view the pics and individually delete any no-hopers. When I am satisfied that all is now safely stowed properly (little flying term for you Keith ;-) then the card goes into the camera and all the pics are deleted right away so that the card is ready to accept new pics. HTH Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
