Unreadable files when uploading photos from iphone 4s?

I have been trying to upload photos from my iphone 4s which I took recently onto my mac laptop and they seem to be unreadable and aren't uploading for some reason?
Any help appreciated.

If you want help you’ll need to give us more information. There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 8 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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I am running 10.6.8 with iPhoto 9.2.1 and iPhone 4S with latest iOS5.
When i try downloading the pics it stops and have to force quit.
I have tryed deleting the 3vix file as suggested on other threads but it is not present.
Any help would be appraciated!
Thanks Guys

Date/Time:       2011-12-06 23:45:01 +0000
OS Version:      10.6.8 (Build 10K549)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version: 7
Command:         iPhoto
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Version:   3
Project Name:    iPhotoProject
Source Version: 628000000000000
Parent:          launchd [113]
PID:             321
Event:           hang
Duration:        4.94s (sampling started after 2 seconds)
Steps:           9 (100ms sampling interval)
Pageins:         22
Pageouts:        0
Process:         iPhoto [321]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
UID:             501
Thread 4fbb       DispatchQueue 100
User stack:
    9 ??? (in iPhoto + 64041) [0x10a29]
      9 ??? (in iPhoto + 66970) [0x1159a]
        9 NSApplicationMain + 574 (in AppKit) [0x92801289]
          9 -[NSApplication run] + 821 (in AppKit) [0x928091f3]
            9 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156 (in AppKit) [0x92846dd6]
              9 _DPSNextEvent + 847 (in AppKit) [0x92847595]
                9 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81 (in HIToolbox) [0x98167a3e]
                  9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 158 (in HIToolbox) [0x98167af5]
                    9 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392 (in HIToolbox) [0x98167e04]
                      9 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba1f1]
                        9 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba3c4]
                          9 __CFRunLoopRun + 1071 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948baeef]
                            9 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 1201 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948bd2c1]
                              9 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 506 (in Foundation) [0x98fc6671]
                                9 -[RKInvoker _invokeTarget:] + 33 (in RedRock) [0x1d68e61]
                                  9 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 136 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948f7e18]
                                    9 __invoking___ + 29 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948f7ead]
                                      9 ??? (in iPhoto + 2727568) [0x29ae90]
                                        9 ??? (in iPhoto + 570639) [0x8c50f]
                                          9 ??? (in iPhoto + 571098) [0x8c6da]
                                            9 ICACopyObjectPropertyDictionary + 117 (in ImageCapture) [0x9024a396]
                                              9 ICACommand::ProcessCommand() + 76 (in ImageCapture) [0x902474e4]
                                                9 ICACommand::SendSync() + 65 (in ImageCapture) [0x90247983]
                                                  9 ICAAESendMessage + 161 (in ImageCapture) [0x9025205a]
                                                    9 AESendMessage + 4302 (in AE) [0x93c381c6]
                                                      9 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba1f1]
                                                        9 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba3c4]
                                                          9 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948bb2df]
                                                            9 mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a77afa]
Kernel stack:
    9 ipc_mqueue_receive_continue + 0 [0x210d84]
Thread 4fc5       DispatchQueue 1634545000
User stack:
    9 start_wqthread + 30 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9d5c6]
      9 _pthread_wqthread + 390 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9d781]
        9 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 240 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9dcfe]
          9 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 163 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9df59]
            9 kevent + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9e382]
Kernel stack:
    9 kevent + 97 [0x47a699]
Thread 4fc6
User stack:
    9 start_wqthread + 30 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9d5c6]
      9 __workq_kernreturn + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a9d412]
Kernel stack:
    9 bsdthread_create + 1313 [0x4d4581]
Thread 4fc7
User stack:
    9 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97aa50de]
      9 _pthread_start + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97aa5259]
        9 __NSThread__main__ + 1499 (in Foundation) [0x98fb0474]
          9 -[NSThread main] + 45 (in Foundation) [0x98fb04c4]
            9 -[XTThread run:] + 416 (in ProXTCore) [0x175a6b0]
              9 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 50 (in ProXTCore) [0x175b702]
                9 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69 (in Foundation) [0x98fa5294]
                  9 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 279 (in Foundation) [0x98fa53b1]
                    9 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 453 (in Foundation) [0x98fec8e8]
                      9 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97ad45a8]
                        9 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a77b5a]
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    9 semaphore_wait_continue + 0 [0x22a88f]
Thread 4fc9
User stack:
    9 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97aa50de]
      9 _pthread_start + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97aa5259]
        9 __NSThread__main__ + 1499 (in Foundation) [0x98fb0474]
          9 -[NSThread main] + 45 (in Foundation) [0x98fb04c4]
            9 -[XTRunLoopThread run:] + 509 (in ProXTCore) [0x175caed]
              9 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279 (in Foundation) [0x98fea1b3]
                9 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba1f1]
                  9 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba3c4]
                    9 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948bb2df]
                      9 mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a77afa]
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    9 ipc_mqueue_receive_continue + 0 [0x210d84]
Thread 4fca
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    9 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97aa50de]
      9 _pthread_start + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97aa5259]
        9 __NSThread__main__ + 1499 (in Foundation) [0x98fb0474]
          9 -[NSThread main] + 45 (in Foundation) [0x98fb04c4]
            9 -[XTRunLoopThread run:] + 509 (in ProXTCore) [0x175caed]
              9 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279 (in Foundation) [0x98fea1b3]
                9 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba1f1]
                  9 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948ba3c4]
                    9 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x948bb2df]
                      9 mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x97a77afa]
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            9 -[XTThread run:] + 416 (in ProXTCore) [0x175a6b0]
              9 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 50 (in ProXTCore) [0x175b702]
                9 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69 (in Foundation) [0x98fa5294]
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