[Automator] import photos into iphoto action hanging

[Brian Lalor]

Good afternoon, all.  I'm trying to put together a workflow to copy  
images off a compact flash card (via a card reader) into a local  
directory, and then import those images into iPhoto.  When I add the  
"Import Photos into iPhoto" action to my workflow (even when it's the  
only action) Automator does the spinning beachball thing, and doesn't  
come back.  At least, it doesn't come back in any reasonable amount  
of time.  I've got 3-4 thousand images in my iPhoto library, as I  
recall.  When I do the same steps on my powerbook with only 2 images  
in the library, it comes back, but slowly.

I know this has been reported as a bug with Apple, but I'm wondering  
if anyone's found a work-around?  I'm thinking this fairly simple  
action can be performed via applescript, so I could probably cobble  
that together without too much work, but I was hoping for a less  
drastic work-around.

Thanks,
B

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