Problem transferring photos to laptop

I am having trouble transferring photos to my computer. After several successful transfers, I started getting messages "The following files could not be imported(they may be unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)." What is my problem, anybody know?

There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.

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Since this is not icloud related, I suggest you post over in the iTunes forums. Or the iPhoto forum if that is what you are using, or the Aperture forum (these two are for mac users).
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I've been having some difficulties getting a clean transfer of photos from both the D70 and the S602. (Yes, I know the latter is not on the supported list, but the D70 is.)
The first couple of attempts worked fine (both on S602). Transferred 16 photos (9.8 MB) and 13 photos (15.2MB). One from a CF card and one from SmartMedia.
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You can e-mail them to yourself.
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-Doug
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