Solved – Mac OSX Image Capture does not recognize iPhone anymore

This has been wrecking my nerves for weeks. I don´t like the way iPhoto or Picasa manages my Photos so I like to rely on my own way of handling them in a plain file/foldersystem. I have been using Mac OSX´s Image Capture tool for this until recently it simply stopped working.

I am quite sure it happened after an update of either the iPhone or iTunes. Anyway, I surfed the web for ways to make it work again but nothing really worked. If you are in a similar situation – here is what made it working for me again (without any warranties).

• I deleted the Image Capture .plist file in the Library folder (search for “imagecapture” and “.plist”)
• I reseted the PRAM memory which is done by
  - rebooting
  - pressing CMD+Option Key+P+R before the grey screen appears
  - stop pressing key combination after screen goes black

After starting up again and firing up Image Capture it first said “No device found” for 5 seconds AND then showed up the iPhone under Devices again. Hope it works for you too!