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petebarlow Author

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Photos importing from SD Card

Photos regularly fails to import all new photos from SD Card on first attempt -if eject card and re insert it finds the ones it failed to import. Happened on 2015 iMac and now happening on M1 iMac

Posted on Aug 1, 2021 9:48 AM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Aug 1, 2021 9:59 AM

Reformat the card in the camera, take some test shots and see if that will fix the problem. Or try a different memory card.

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Old Toad

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Aug 1, 2021 9:59 AM in response to petebarlow

Reformat the card in the camera, take some test shots and see if that will fix the problem. Or try a different memory card.

petebarlow Author

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Aug 7, 2021 12:12 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks, tried it and makes no difference - from 38 photos only downloaded 34, from 30 downloaded 27. If I remove the card then reinsert it it finds the missing files or if I drag them across from a finder window they import ok. There is a .mts file on the card as well as the .jpgs.

Old Toad

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Aug 7, 2021 2:10 PM in response to petebarlow

The .mts file is most likely an AVCHD video, high compression and high quality, like the HEIC photos.

Photos importing from SD Card