Cannot download pics after update Mac to Mojave (Page 2): First off: Jerry, I have found your well-researched, on-topic posts invaluable. Thank you for your hard work, thoughts and...

duck72 Loc: Laurel Ridge, PA

jerryc41 wrote:

What year is your computer? It seems that Mojave wants a 2012 or newer. My Macs are from 2011, so I'm not switching. There have been several problems with Mojave posted here.

I never use any program to get pictures onto my computer. I just drag and drop.

First off: Jerry, I have found your well-researched, on-topic posts invaluable. Thank you for your hard work, thoughts and salient links.
If one's Mac is too old (mid 2011 or older), you will *not even be given the option* to upgrade to Mojave. I am in the same boat as you (with a mid 2011 MacBook Pro). I bought a refurbished very-next model so I *could* go to Mojave, keeping the "older" one for legacy work until it poops out. I am sure the OP will be able to resolve his problem.

Largobob

Dngallagher wrote:

Interesting, I find Mojave quite fast, disk speed increased using APFS under Mojave as well for me.

Crashes?? After owning several Macs, going thru OS upgrades from Leopard to Mojave, have yet to see a crash on my Mac.

A reinstall is probably a good idea.

Exactly my experience as well. I've never had my Mac crash or do anything unexpected. I also seem to have more free RAM now that Mojave is installed.

duck72 Loc: Laurel Ridge, PA

Largobob wrote:

Exactly my experience as well. I've never had my Mac crash or do anything unexpected. I also seem to have more free RAM now that Mojave is installed.

AndyGarcia

Dynamics5 wrote:

The Canon utility to download pictures onto Mac no longer works after I updated my Mac operating system to Mojave. Solution?

I have Mojave running on a late 2012 MacMini. I suggest you get a card reader if you don't have one built into your Mac. Works perfectly for me. Or get your Canon software update. What is the year of your Mac BTW?

LuckyshotCT

Canon, and perhaps other camera manufacturers, tends to be a bit slow with upgrades to their software to align with new operating systems. I always wait to upgrade my OS, checking that my camera and Photoshop plugins are compatible with the new OS.

MikeT9

I contacted Canon because they only seem to want you to download images from your camera or drag and drop from ‘finder’ on Mac with Mojave. I want to be able to look at thumbnails of my pictures before I download them and to decide where they are stored. To be honest I know I can do this with Adobe Bridge but the old Canon MCU utility was great for this and I use it and still have it on my iMac but not my MacBook. I’m told by Canon there will be an updated utility issued at the end of November, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed

blackest Loc: Ireland

jerryc41 wrote:

What year is your computer? It seems that Mojave wants a 2012 or newer. My Macs are from 2011, so I'm not switching. There have been several problems with Mojave posted here.

I never use any program to get pictures onto my computer. I just drag and drop.

True wants 2012 or newer , but it is possible to install on older machines http://dosdude1.com/mojave/ if you really want to, and also avoid getting your ssd converted to apfs if you run the installer from the command line. There are also methods for sierra and high sierra too.

I'm not so sure about the reason you might want to do this particularly with mojave as its the new graphics api which is the main problem.

I've personally decided that Sierra is probably the newest version of OSX that is worth running as it keeps most software compatible. E.g with high Sierra if you run the Nik collection from photoshop it crashes photoshop by default. There is a work around you can set preferences in Nik not to create a new layer and just create the new layer prior to running it. Other notable programs such as finalcut and logic pro also do not run.

Being new for newness sake is not a good option, an os is to run the software you use. Which is why its no thanks from me.

jwn Loc: SOUTHEAST GEORGIA USA

No problems with my mac (2013) I use the EOS Utility supplied by Canon and plug directly into camera (5div) and computer with Canon supplied cable. Check with canon support on their website for latest version of EOS Utility and firmware.

kd7eir Loc: Tucson, AZ

Dngallagher wrote:

Interesting, I find Mojave quite fast, disk speed increased using APFS under Mojave as well for me.

Crashes?? After owning several Macs, going thru OS upgrades from Leopard to Mojave, have yet to see a crash on my Mac.

A reinstall is probably a good idea.

"disk speed increased using APFS under Mojave as well for me" - is patently false. Disk I/O speed is determined by the physical properties of the hard drive or SSD itself - not the OS, not the processor, not the make of the computer, not the day of the week.

I know that you will want to argue, and that is fine, but it doesn't change reality. I worked as a hardware engineer for Apple for seven years, I am an Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA) as well. Mohave has a lot of great changes, but it has not learned how to change the laws of physics.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

kd7eir wrote:

"disk speed increased using APFS under Mojave... (show quote)

Simple tests show a difference....not to argue, but if more bytes are read/written isn't that faster?

(Download)

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

blackest wrote:

True wants 2012 or newer , but it is possible to i... (show quote)

I run High Sierra on a Late 2013 iMac. No problems at all with Final Cut Pro 10.4.4. I have yet to confront a problem with Nik collection in either LR Classic 2019 or PS 2019.

I am waiting to install Mojave until I have time to crack my iMac open and replace the HD with an SSD and double the RAM to 16GB.

20 years ago, I would upgrade the OS the day they released it. Learned my lesson... WAIT until about three months later. Let the third party developers catch up with Apple.

Murphy's Law of Software: Any software that is FINISHED is ABANDONED in favor of a buggy new version!

blackest Loc: Ireland

burkphoto wrote:

I run High Sierra on a Late 2013 iMac. No problems... (show quote)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=velKWo3gV3c

i actually found the work around in the adobe forums

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

kd7eir wrote:

"disk speed increased using APFS under Mojave... (show quote)

Rotational speed and performance are two different, but very interrelated concepts. APFS does not change rotational speed. By itself, it does not really change performance. But the conversion may affect performance by organizing the disk better, if it were cluttered by lots of useless old files to begin with. This may produce even more effect from a "clean install" instance than it does by just changing the formatting scheme.

That said, there is probably more speed to be had from moving to 7200 RPM drives from 5400 RPM drives than from moving to APFS from Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Of course, converting to SSD and increasing RAM capacity is the rocket ship... APFS was aimed at optimizing flash storage.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

blackest wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=velKWo3gV3c

i actually found the work around in the adobe forums

I am running Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, release 20.0.1, with the formerly free Google Nik Collection. I did exactly what the guy in that video showed, and was unable to repeat the problem. My Analog Efex Pro 2 is set for application of the effect to a separate layer, which crashed Photoshop in the video. I did two effects, and got two new layers... no crashes. Go figure...

The video was probably made a few point revisions of Photoshop ago.

Stevewayne23 Loc: Sacramento, CA

yep, same here. My iMac is late 2015 and it crashes repeatedly, especially in Safari. Plus this is the first Mac OS where Aperture doesn't work right. I've tried everything, short of a reinstall (though I believe Aperture is finally done). Luckily I have a MacBook that I haven't upgraded to Mojave so I'm still functioning photo-wise. I'll probably wait to see if the Luminar DAM works for me (due in mid-December) and if not, go to Lightroom, which I've tried and don't like at all.