Could just be the reader. I had an old CF card reader bought back in 2001, and when i set the iMac up in 2010, it would not recognize the reader or card. My newer reader, 2008 did fine.
Dave On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > The widow of my friend who passed away from cancer last year asked me to > teach her how to use his Canon 5DmkII. So, first of all, I need to figure it > out. When I was last at his place, we plugged his CF card into the reader > on his desktop computer, and uploaded his last files. > I just tried doing that on my iMac, with no luck. It wouldn't even recognize > the card in finder. I then found a USB cable, plugged it into the camera and > while OSX wouldn't recognize the camera, Lightroom did. So I was able to > back up his last photos (and the last photos of him) onto my computer. > > The CF card in question is a 64GB card. Do I need a special reader for it? > Does anyone know the reason that the camera isn't showing up in the finder > when it is plugged in with the USB cable, even though lightroom can read the > files? > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.