Can't get photos in iPhone 5C to connect with my MacbookAir through photo stream

I have the new iPhone 5C and I have always needed to download my photos onto my Macbook Air mid-2013 by plugging it in witht the USB cord. I want to use the Photo stream feature, but my mac and my phone don't seem to recognize each other as iOS devices and Photostream is turned on on both.  I can't even get them to connect by AirDrop.  Is this a problem with iCloud's photostream or is it a device problem?  If anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Your Mac will recognize your phone as a digital camera when you connect it with your usb cable. 
Make sure you signed into the same iCloud account in Settings>iCloud on your phone, and System Preferences>iCloud on your Mac, turned on My Photo Stream in Settings>iCloud>Photos on your phone, checked Photos in System Preferences>iCloud and checked My Photo Steam in iPhoto>Preferences>iCloud.
Do you have these set correctly?
Also, AirDrop currently does not support iOS to OS X transfers.

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