Why won't iPhoto recognise format of pictures?

Whenever I try to transfer photos from my iphone to my Macbook Air, I get an error message telling me that the format is unrecognizable. why is this happening?

lovelysquid
What didn't work for you? It was a test. Did it fail? Where?
gregg137
Can you access those images with Image Capture (in the Applications Folder) Are you importing from a camera? Can you use a Card Reader? Try reformat the card after you get the images off.
In either case, you need to give us concrete information to work with. 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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