IPhone freezes iPhoto and Preview when trying to upload photos.

Hi everyone, I have been trying to upload my photos to my computer (iMac) for months so I can get them off my phone as I'm out of room. When I try to use either iphoto or preview, mostly I get it the spinning wheel. It stays like that for hours.On the rare occasion through preview, the photos have uploaded and I can save them one by one to a folder, but if I attempt to import all, it just freezes. I've tried restarting the computer and I have got everything stored on an external hard drive so the computers memory is just about the same free space wise as it came from the shop.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello Belisimo,
The following article provdies some useful tips and steps that can help get your photos and videos onto your computer.
iOS: Unable to import photos to computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3195
Cheers,
Allen

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