Having trouble importing videos. Suggestions?

) December 15th, 2009

I have a mac. Ever since I updated my iPhoto it won’t upload videos. I used software that came with my camera to install a program to import them, but it got uninstalled and now my disc drive is broken so I can’t reinstall it.

Is there any way to either make my iPhoto behave or otherwise get videos off my camera? My grandma wants to hear me sing!

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Do you have iMovie? Try File>Import from Camera.

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Oh wow. I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. @simpleD Simple, indeed! Thanks!

sliceswiththings (11723

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Oh nevermind, didn’t work. “Import from camera” is only the built-in iMovie camera.

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Oops. Try File>Import>Movies.

simpleD (3644

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Did, but my camera is not showing up anywhere. Where would my camera be?

sliceswiththings (11723

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What kind of camera is it?

simpleD (3644

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Nikon Coolpix

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If it shows up on your desktop, you should be able to see the folder that contains the movie files. Drag that to your desktop, and navigate to it from the Import>Movies dialog.

simpleD (3644

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It doesn’t show up on my desktop. Any idea why that is, or how I can fix it? Just discovered “image capture” so I’m playing with that.

sliceswiththings (11723

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USB connection. Camera might have to be set to some sort of “Play” mode for it to appear on the desktop. No additional software should be necessary.

simpleD (3644

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Hm, well “image capture” seemed to work, I wish I had discovered that earlier!