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Nikon Transfer 2 application does not work

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Since I had my D850, I used Nikon Transfer twice and it worked.

But today, in the third try, it did not work

The preference set is that, by default, when I connect the cable from the D850 to the Macbook Pro, it opens automatically Nikon Transfer 2

So I turned off the camera.  I connected the cable to the laptop.

I turned on the camera.

It automatically opened Nikon Transfer 2

The application recognise in the Source tab the D850 and Slot 1

It chose the primary destination in my laptop as usual.

In the preference tab, it chooses new files only.

When I click on Start Transfer, nothing happens.

I waited about 15 minutes and still nothing happen.

What did I do wrong ?

what should I do to make it work?

Why it worked the first two times and not now ?

 

 



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Transfer 2 isn't officially compatible with High Sierra yet. That might be why it sometimes works and sometimes not. I don't have much experience with Transfer as I use PhotoMechanic to transfer, keyword and select files for editing, do my raw conversions and global editing in Capture NX-D and finish in Photoshop if I need to.



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In fact I gave up using Nikon Transfer 2 and use instead Image Capture.app and it works



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Well... I said that to quickly.  I managed to have Image capture to download files in my laptop.

However, these files where unreadable with viewing them with Finder (MacBook Pro)



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Is there any particular reason why you don't just stick your memory card in your Mac and copy the files over using Finder? This is the workflow I use.... albeit using a Windows 7 computer.  After copying the files over to the PC I import them into Adobe Lightroom.

 

I don't know if your MacBook Pro has a memory card slot but I'm fairly sure that someone makes an adapter that would allow you to mount your memory card like an external drive.

 

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Newer Macbooks have no reader, and even the older ones didn't support uhs².

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Finder uses the same raw file codec pack as Photos and Preview. The D850 ones aren't released yet.

 

If you install Capture NX-D, you can view your raw files in that app. The same goes for current versions of LR and PS. DxO and Capture One work too. Affinity and many others are still working on a solution.

 

A card reader can be cheap and the cards have a more robust connector than the camera cable, so using a reader makes sense. I like Lexar's Professional workflow line of modular readers, even if they aren't the cheapest option.



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Is there any particular reason why you don't just stick your memory card in your Mac and copy the files over using Finder? This is the workflow I use.... albeit using a Windows 7 computer.  After copying the files over to the PC I import them into Adobe Lightroom.

 

I don't know if your MacBook Pro has a memory card slot but I'm fairly sure that someone makes an adapter that would allow you to mount your memory card like an external drive.

 

--Ron

Well.  Of course you are right and this is the first thing I wanted to do.  However, in my region the XQD card readers are unavailable (out of stock of back orders).  So I am trying to find a short term solution.


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Well.  Of course you are right and this is the first thing I wanted to do.  However, in my region the XQD card readers are unavailable (out of stock of back orders).  So I am trying to find a short term solution.

 

I was surprised to hear that the readers were backordered.  I checked several places that I've used and found the same thing.  Looks like the reader makers didn't expect the XQD cards to be that popular.



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Interesting...I know the cards are hard to find right now, but didn't realize the readers are as well...When I got my first D4 they threw in a very basic Sony reader which is now my "travel reader" . I have the Lexar Pro stack with 4 bays, one being their XQD reader...


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