Can't Find My Nikon Camera On My Macbook Air To Download Photos

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by Jenefey AaronUpdated on 2019-08-27 / Update for OS X

You're on vacation and you take a ton of great photos with your camera. Upon returning home, your SD card is full and you're itching to share your photos with your friends. Luckily, Apple's Photos app makes importing your photos to the Mac easy; all you need to do is plug your SD card into your computer and follow a few simple steps.

In this tutorial we'll show you how to import photos from your camera's SD card to your Mac including macOS High Sierra using the Photos app. This tutorial does not require any additional software, but does require a Mac with an SD card slot or a USB SD card reader.

Importing Photos from Your SD Card to Mac

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Turn on the camera. What happens now depends on your computer operating system and what photo software you have installed on that system. When the download is complete, turn off the camera and then disconnect it from the computer. Turn off the camera before severing its ties with the computer. Otherwise, you can damage the camera. I have a Nikon Coolpix Camera, and I just tried to plug it into my macbook computer, but I can't find it. There's no icon that I can click on to open up the file for downloading my pictures. I can tell that it is plugged in though because there's a light on the top of my camera that shows me it's charging. If you are attempting to copy image files from your camera to your computer, you need to remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into your Apple computer. Use Finder to copy all the images from the card to a new file folder you name for the subject/location and date.

1.Insert your SD card into the SD card reader on your Mac.

2.Open the Photos app on your Mac.

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3.Look at the sidebar on the left-hand side of the screen. Locate the Import heading at the top of the sidebar. Underneath this heading will be your SD card's name; click on it.

4.If your SD card doesn't show up in the sidebar, look at the upper left-hand corner of your Mac's screen. Click File from the toolbar and Import from the drop-down menu. A Finder pop-up window will appear. Find your SD card and select the images you want to import by clicking on them.

5.All of the photos on your SD card will now appear at the center of your Photos window. Take a look at the upper right-hand corner of the screen where you will see three buttons: Import All New Items, Import Selected, and Delete After Import.

Like its name suggests, the Import All New Items button will import all photos on your SD card that haven't already been imported to your computer. The second option—Import Selected—will import only the photos you've selected; you can select images by clicking on them.

Finally, to clear up space on your SD card, check the box next to the Delete After Import option. When turned on, your photos will be erased from your SD card after being imported to your Mac.

Tip: If you're signed into iCloud on your Mac, your photos will be automatically uploaded to iCloud with no further interaction on your end. They will appear on all devices linked with your iCloud account.

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iCareFone – Best iPhone to Mac Transfer Tool

If you're an iPhone or iPad user, chances are you know how limited iTunes is. It's great for managing music, but it will wipe all current music files in your device after syncing. I will recommend an iPhone to Mac transfer – iCareFone for Mac. It enables you to transfer 9 types of data from iPhone to/from Mac without replacing current data.

Run iCareFone on Mac, there are 6 function sections, please select File Manager and you'll see the 9 types of data. Select Photos to start moving photos from iPhone to Mac.

This program will display all photos in your iPhone. And you can click Import to add photos from Mac to iPhone, or click Export to transfer photos from iPhone to Mac. More tips can click here.

I have a canon t3i and when i connect it to my macbook the nikon transfer thing pops up and it has things that say like transfer queue and stuff but the pictures on my camera don't show up. Is it because it's nikon transfer and I'm using a canon? Do I need to download a different program?

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This is one of the most common problems that people have that cameras don't show up on the computer.

Solution: Try using a Card Reader.
Connect the External Card Reader to the Computer. Remove the Memory Card from the Camera. Insert the Memory Card into the Card Reader and start downloading. Confirm that photo are currently sitting on the computer. Remove the memory card from the the card reader return it back to the camera and format the memory card at the end of the day. Problem solved. Card Readers can be found at many electronic stores and doesn't cost that much. Plus software isn't needed to run the card readers just plug and go.

Nikon software can indeed fail to work with Canon camera.

Can't Find My Nikon Camera On My Macbook Air To Download Photos Mac

Try a vendor neutral software like Picasa (Free) or Lightroom (Paid).