Posted by Dottie Short on April 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM
How I fixed my card reader Error: I created a 'test' folder to download to, and I wanted this folder to be positioned first. To do this I named the folder '0-Test'. One of the error message said "I may not have permission". I finally realized that the '0' was the problem. I renamed the folder by removing the 0 and everything is working well.
I download my images by using Adobe Bridge CS6 - Photo Download, and have never had a problem downloading a CF card until this week. I get an error message (attached). I have the latest upgrade for CS6 and LR4. I've plugged the USB card reader into several different slots on my iMac. I have been successful used the card reader to downloaded images using an SD card. Also tried two different CF cards and two different card readers. I don't know what to try next. Has anyone else had a problem?
Posted by Richard Ditch on April 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM
First thing to do is isolate the problem if possible. It could be:
- camera writing bad file to CF card
- bad CF card (not likely since you've tried two cards)
- card reader (not likely since you've tried two readers)
- the connection of card reader to iMac (you've eliminated a bad port by trying more than one but are you using the same cable?)
- the application (Bridge) that you are using to import the files
Did the problem begin immediately after updating Bridge? Did something change with the OS (a recent security update on my Mac resulted in Nikon Transfer no longer launching when I connected my CF card reader and I had to reset that).
Try another application to transfer images. Connect the card reader and quit Bridge if it launches. Find Image Capture in your applications folder and launch it. See if it will transfer the files (you may need to set Image Capture as the default app first and relaunch it).
Or simply double click on the card reader icon on the iMac desktop to open it as a window and try dragging a few images directly out of the window to the desktop and then see if Photoshop can open one of them.
Alternatively, you may have file corruption on the CF card. LC Technology makes quite a good file recovery software tool. It's not inexpensive, and be aware it is an annual subscription. The software will stop working in 12 months unless you pay a renewal fee. It's annoying. But it is the most effective thing I've found to recover corrupted files from CF cards.
If it is a problem with the CF card, I also recommend discarding the CF card and never using it again. Sure, you can reformat it and map out the bad areas, but it's my experience that once it starts to go, it cannot be trusted.
Posted by David Chauvin on April 16, 2013 at 1:51 PM
You can also try downloading directly from the camera.
Or, you can try to access the file on the card using other software, i.e. a file manager.
Posted by Mark Seaver on April 19, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Another way to get a file to the top of a list is to use a space as the first character. Don't know if this would create the same problem as your 0 or not, but if worked for me in Lightroom a couple of days ago on my iMac. I did download first and then changed the name.
Posted by Richard Ditch on April 20, 2013 at 1:04 AM
How I fixed my card reader Error: I created a 'test' folder to download to, and I wanted this folder to be positioned first. To do this I named the folder '0-Test'. One of the error message said "I may not have permission". I finally realized that the '0' was the problem. I renamed the folder by removing the 0 and everything is working well.
Interesting.
Since you were able to create the folder the OS had no issues with it, and I verified this by creating a folder with that name on my Mac desktop. I was also able to add content to the folder showing that I had write permission. So, the problem was with Adobe and not OS X.
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6 repliesI download my images by using Adobe Bridge CS6 - Photo Download, and have never had a problem downloading a CF card until this week. I get an error message (attached). I have the latest upgrade for CS6 and LR4. I've plugged the USB card reader into several different slots on my iMac. I have been successful used the card reader to downloaded images using an SD card. Also tried two different CF cards and two different card readers. I don't know what to try next. Has anyone else had a problem?
- camera writing bad file to CF card
- bad CF card (not likely since you've tried two cards)
- card reader (not likely since you've tried two readers)
- the connection of card reader to iMac (you've eliminated a bad port by trying more than one but are you using the same cable?)
- the application (Bridge) that you are using to import the files
Did the problem begin immediately after updating Bridge? Did something change with the OS (a recent security update on my Mac resulted in Nikon Transfer no longer launching when I connected my CF card reader and I had to reset that).
Try another application to transfer images. Connect the card reader and quit Bridge if it launches. Find Image Capture in your applications folder and launch it. See if it will transfer the files (you may need to set Image Capture as the default app first and relaunch it).
Or simply double click on the card reader icon on the iMac desktop to open it as a window and try dragging a few images directly out of the window to the desktop and then see if Photoshop can open one of them.
If it is a problem with the CF card, I also recommend discarding the CF card and never using it again. Sure, you can reformat it and map out the bad areas, but it's my experience that once it starts to go, it cannot be trusted.
Interesting.
Since you were able to create the folder the OS had no issues with it, and I verified this by creating a folder with that name on my Mac desktop. I was also able to add content to the folder showing that I had write permission. So, the problem was with Adobe and not OS X.