Trouble Connecting EOS R8 to EOS Utility on a Mac

[tjdowling]

I am having issues connecting my R8 to my Mac via the EOS Utility. I have the latest software and have gone through the user manual. The message I keep getting is:

"Communication with the camera via USB cannot be established.
Start EOS Utility after closing all the apps that communicate with the camera, and then turn on the camera again."

I am unaware of any apps that I have that would be trying to communicate with my camera in the background. Anyone know what's going on? Thanks in advance.

[miric]

The problem here is Lightroom cannot make folders “YYYY_MM_DD”. I have this format of names since 2005 and I don’t want to change it. The second problem is Lightroom does not allow to create custom folder name templates. Is it rocket science to implement?

[Hossain]

Why you need to bother with the format "YYYY_MM_DD"? Just download first and then rename the folder with whatever format you want. I use DD-MM-YYYY format in LR. You can rename the folder inside Lightroom as well. 

[miric]

Why? Because I'd like to spend as less effort as possible.

[divella]

Thank you, this would be a great solution if I didn't need live view. I take photos of the jewelry I make so I need to have the larger view while taking the photos.