Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm getting the error  Error
downloading image. iPhoto cannot import your photos because
there was a problem downloading an image.  when I "Import
All..." from my iPhone. Trying to import individual images I get
The following file cannot be imported. (The file is in an
unrecognized format.)  In the past I've been able to do this, so
I don't know why I'm getting grief now. Anyone have any
suggestions?  To help describe the problem I've created a
screencast: http://screenr.com/CLr  share|improve this question
I've had this problem recently as well. I think the iPhone 4.0
changed the way it stores photos on disk, and it seems to be
incompatible with iPhoto 9. –  AlBlue Nov 9 '10 at 10:38 Having
the same issue. Phoneview, as noted in Vijay's answer, actually
works fine and is able to import images, but it has a limit of
20 in it's free version, and I'd rather not pay 20 bucks for a
fix here. I've also tried to import via Preview, and while it's
as fruitless as through iPhoto or Image Ca