You've come to the right place for help mojoYL. I use my computer to keep my pictures safe as well so I completely understand how you feel. I'm confident we can get this working right.
Are you following these steps http://vz.to/29aOdvR to transfer the pictures to your Mac? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Android Transfer software from your Mac?
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