Silly question, but is the camera plugged in - is the USB cord in the camera AND computer port??
Is it on?

I remember my snapshot Canon required the camera being on and on AUTO to upload photos.


If you're using Windows...
After checking and making sure the camera is on & USB cord in both ports, open up "My Computer." There should be an icon that says "Canon PowerShot 530." Right click and click on Get Photos/Pictures/whatever it says.


If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what's going on? Wish we were closer so I could help better!