Does anyone know how to disable the auto loading function of Nikon Transfer 2 running on Mac OS X?

I have found the automatic loading when any card is connected is not helpful and if its not actually a image card then Transfer has to be "Force Quit"ed.

I'd rather just start Transfer when needed.

Thanks

Peter

http://www.pastoralsystems.co.nz/photography/

Click on the Options arrow at the top left /open the Preferences tab. At the top left is a check box to enable/disable the Launch automatically when device is attached feature.

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"On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you." - The Hitchhikers Guide

>Click on the Options arrow at the top left /open the
>Preferences tab. At the top left is a check box to
>enable/disable the Launch automatically when device is
>attached feature.
>
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>"On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you."
>- The Hitchhikers Guide


Thanks for the reply. But that option is no where to be seen on my copy.


Peter

http://www.pastoralsystems.co.nz/photography/

>Thanks for the reply. But that option is no where to be seen on my copy.

Nor on my copies running on Vista and on OS X.

Here's a screen grab. Are we looking in the right area?

Rob Puller
my Nikonians gallery

Attachment #1, (jpg file)

>>Thanks for the reply. But that option is no where to be
>seen on my copy.
>
>Nor on my copies running on Vista and on OS X.
>
>Here's a screen grab. Are we looking in the right area?
>
>
>

Rob Puller
>my
>Nikonians gallery>

http://www.pastoralsystems.co.nz/photography/

I am running Nikon Transfer- Version 1.5.2, downloaded from the Nikon site ;

http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61

I also have an Embedded Info tab in my version. I do not know how to do a screen capture on a Mac or I would post one.

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"On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you." - The Hitchhikers Guide

>I am running Nikon Transfer- Version 1.5.2, downloaded from
>the Nikon site ;
>
>http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61
>
>I also have an Embedded Info tab in my version. I do not know
>how to do a screen capture on a Mac or I would post one.
>
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>"On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you."
>- The Hitchhikers Guide

Ah ..... different versions. I'm referring to v2.

Peter

http://www.pastoralsystems.co.nz/photography/

>I am running Nikon Transfer- Version 1.5.2, downloaded from
>I do not know
>how to do a screen capture on a Mac or I would post one.

Ah, so. We're referring to the version of Transfer that is imbedded in the
new version of Nikon's ViewNX version 2. (Also a free download)

On the Mac, hold down command and shift, tap the 4 key, tap the space bar,
release all keys, grab the mouse. Select the area of interest by holding
down the mouse button while moving the cross hairs; when you release
the mouse button, your selected area will be captured and saved on the
desk top as a .png file. For more neat screen capture options, open Mac
Help, search for "Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen."

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wrinkle the skin, but to give up one's enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.'
___Romany saying

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Thank you for the info. Have just switched to an iMac last month and still finding my way around the OS.

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"On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you." - The Hitchhikers Guide

Thanks to Freewheeler10 I can post this. From Nikon Transfer Version 1.5.2

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"On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you." - The Hitchhikers Guide

Attachment #1, (jpg file)

>Thank you for the info. Have just switched to an iMac last
>month and still finding my way around the OS.

As we found out, the Nikon Transfer 2 that's built into ViewNX2 doesn't have the "launch
automatically" checkbox. That being said, NEITHER ViewNX2 nor Transfer2 pops up
(auto loads when I insert a card in my reader) here; the card just shows up on the
desktop. I'm looking for some obscure system setting that prevents autoload, not
so I can change it, but just to find out where it is... I dimly remember setting
something years ago that had to do with which program to launch when a camera
card was inserted..... I wonder if I had that set to open nothing, and that option is
no longer available in the system software since the advent of the built in isight
cameras in the iMacs...?

'Nobody ever grows old merely by living a number of years. Years
wrinkle the skin, but to give up one's enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.'
___Romany saying

http://gallery.me.com/freewheeler
http://freewheeler10.blogspot.com/

Peter,

Having done some serious programming in the past, I have often noted that programmers don't seem to be connected to the same reality that most mortals (including me) are. Case in point: Why would an unrelated program affect another?

Open iPhoto. Click on iPhoto > Preferences > General; then select the "Connecting camera opens:" box and de-select "Nikon Transfer 2".

This works for me, but, given the aforementioned nature of programmers, there may be other "gotchas" affecting you. Please let us know if this works for you.

PS. I actually like Transfer 2 and am happy to have it open upon insertion of a CF card into the card reader. It can be setup to automatically create a nice date-oriented directory structure, perform a simultaneous backup during image ingestion, eject the CF card and start another program (I use Nikon ViewNX 2).

Rob Puller
my Nikonians gallery

>Peter,
>

>Open iPhoto. Click on iPhoto > Preferences > General;
>then select the "Connecting camera opens:" box and
>de-select "Nikon Transfer 2".
>
>This works for me, but, given the aforementioned nature of
>programmers, there may be other "gotchas" affecting
>you. Please let us know if this works for you.
>

Rob Puller
>my
>Nikonians gallery>

http://www.pastoralsystems.co.nz/photography/

Problem solved thankyou Rob.

http://www.pastoralsystems.co.nz/photography/