Trying to download photos from camera but have no icons

i am trying
to download some more photos to my macpro from camera, I do not have any icon to import

Open iPhoto - it's in the Applications folder.
When iPhoto is running, click iPhoto in the menu bar, and select Preferences.
On this pane, the third line from the bottom - click what ever is shown there, and select iPhoto.
To display icons of connected devices, you need to do something else. Click anywhere on the desktop, then click Finder in the menu bar, and select Preferences / General. Check all the boxes as shown:

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