Re: Is there a better way to transfer photos to Mac?

**D* G* <g*@gmail.com>**

I can't add to anything other than previous suggestions other than to
suggest you empty whatever trash bins reside *inside* the software you're
using.

Macs have a bit of a peculiarity in that the trash bin in the bottom right
hand corner only empties what you put there from some programmes.  The
trash bins for iPhoto and Aperture reside inside those software programmes
and need emptying individually.

You'll find your system will run much better if you're doing that
regularly.  I'm not saying that's the issue.  One other issue I'm looking
at right now with my almost 7-year old MacBook Pro (I love it) is the
inability to upgrade any more operating systems.  And when the software
updates (like iPhoto just did) it's putting huge strains on my older system
sucking up RAM and slowing it down.  I have workarounds such as only having
the photo software running when I'm using it and shutting it down and
keeping Mail closed when I'm not using it to reduce demand but the day is
coming to update the hardware.

This old mac of mine keeps on ticking and ticking - never a minutes problem
with it but the technology has passed it by.  The good news is that Windows
systems of the same vintage are having way more problems than we are in
these areas.  LOL.  (he says sparking off a Win-OS war) :-)

Doug

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Nan Sterman <NSterman@plantsoup.com> wrote:

> A year old card is not that old, Tanya but its always important to update
> your software.  That said, your computer should be able to download photos
> using the card reader regardless of the camera software.  You only need the
> canon software when you are plugging the camera in to the computer for the
> download.   With the card reader, the computer "interprets" the reader as
> an external device.  Did software come with the reader by chance?
>
> Unless you have iphoto set up to automatically import the images, then
> indeed, its up to you to drag files from the card to the computer.  That
> puts them onto the computer but not into iPhoto.  That said, your computer
> shoudl recognize the card reader in fractions of a second.
>
> Is your system software up to date?  That could be the problem right
> there...
>
> BTW, I never store photos on cards or on flash drives.  I have a series of
> external drives (including a raid drive) and an off site cloud bacup for
> all of my files including photos.
>
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 8:42 PM, tanya <tanyagarden@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks C.L. and Nan for the hints. Yes, it's old Canon software and an
> old
> > card (a year old; is that too old?). True, I shouldn't be storing my
> photos
> > on the card! I like having backups, but probably a flash drive makes more
> > sense. I also have other apps open, but nothing else is a resource hog
> the
> > way the card seems to be. It takes some time for the card to show up, and
> > yes, I have been dragging the files, because otherwise nothing happens
> (or
> > I haven't waited long enough to find out; iirc I was doing something else
> > once and 45 minutes later, nothing had happened).
> > _______________________________________________
> > gardenwriters mailing list
> > gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters
> > GWL list website  http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters
> > GWL has searchable message archives at:
> > http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters
> > If you have photos for GWL, send them to gwlphotos@hort.net and they
> can be viewed at  http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos
>
> _______________________________________________
> gardenwriters mailing list
> gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters
> GWL list website  http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters
> GWL has searchable message archives at:
> http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters
> If you have photos for GWL, send them to gwlphotos@hort.net and they can
> be viewed at  http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos

-- 

Doug Green
Head Weeder
http://www.douggreensgarden.com/about.html <http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com>
https://www.amazon.com/author/douglasgreen
_______________________________________________
gardenwriters mailing list
gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters
GWL list website  http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters
GWL has searchable message archives at:
http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters
If you have photos for GWL, send them to gwlphotos@hort.net and they can be viewed at  http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos