iPhoto isnt recognizing my Pentax Optio S5i. I have installed the included driver, but it still wont see it
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iPhoto wont recognize digital camera
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Hi, also what ver. of iPhoto do you have? and are you up to date with the updates? (man did that sound like Austin Powers 
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Also, try running the program Image Capture in your Utilities folder, and see if *that* recognizes your camera. You should not need a driver of any sort to get your camera and iPhoto to talk.
EDIT: Also, while you're in this app, go to preferences, and make sure the first tab says to open iPhoto when a camera is plugged in. That's the first tab in the IMAGE CAPTURE preferences...sometimes Apple puts prefs in sneaky places!
EDIT: Also, while you're in this app, go to preferences, and make sure the first tab says to open iPhoto when a camera is plugged in. That's the first tab in the IMAGE CAPTURE preferences...sometimes Apple puts prefs in sneaky places!
My recommendation is to do everything that others suggested above. If your camera supports USB automount, then it should work. However, it is troubling that Pentax lists "MacOS 8.6 or later" for your camera's Mac compatibility. For this camera, Pentax does not admit to the existence of MacOS 9, let alone MacOS X.tymaishu2 said:
MisterMe said:
Sometimes it's soooooo much trouble to go in and update that file!
I can just hear their tech support, "Oh yeah, Macs were these computers they used to sell in the 80's. They don't make them anymore, but we decided to provide legacy support." But a quick Google seemed to indicate that there are people out there, using this camera with iPhoto.