I'd love to see my photos somewhere other than on my phone

August 4, 2008 9:44 AM

How do I get photos on my cell phone media card onto my computer? I added a media card to my phone to be able to store more pictures on it, but now I can't download the photos when I sync my phone with my Mac.

Every time I try, I get an error message reading, "iPhoto does not appear to be installed or has never been run and therefore photos cannot be imported from the device." (I'm using Missing Sync).

I use I photo all the time, and am sure to have it open during the sync. Is there anything else I can do to get those pictures? Is there another way to "mount" it on the computer? This is an eensy-weensy media card, so I can't pop it into my camera and import photos from there, but maybe there's something I haven't thought of. Oh, and I can't send email from my phone, so can't mail the pictures to myself.

Thanks for any suggestions.

posted by foxy_hedgehog to technology (4 comments total)

Something like this?
posted by jon1270 at 9:49 AM on August 4, 2008

The card is a MicroSD card. When you buy them they usually come with adapters that let you use them in normal SD readers. You could also just get a reader that takes MicroSD directly.
posted by zsazsa at 9:53 AM on August 4, 2008

Problem solved in 9 minutes flat! Thanks guys.
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 9:57 AM on August 4, 2008

Well, another option: Does your phone have Bluetooth? Maybe you already thought of that or it doesn't, but I use Bluetooth to connect my Mac to my phone to download photos.
posted by Orb at 4:53 PM on August 4, 2008