IPhoto wont import my images?

Hello, I plugged in my iPhone to my MacBook Pro today and I wanted to import all my pictures from my iPhone to my computer. I opened iPhoto and clicked import all... and It gave me an error message saying "iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image. What should I do? I need to import all my pictures because I am running out of space on my phone.. Please help! Thank you

Go to Image Capture and use the Preferences there to set what happens when camera is connected.
As to the import problem: start with the troubleshooting basics
1. Repair Permissions using Disk Utility
2. Delete the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the home / library / preferences folder. You'll need to reset your User options afterwards.
3. Create a new account (systempreferences -> accounts) and see if the problem is repeated there. If it is, then a re-install of the app might be indicated. If it's not, then it's likely the app is okay and the problem is something in the main account.
Regards
TD

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