Recommended software for importing/managing photos

[MichaelF]

Not strictly an Affinity Photos question I know but I'm looking for software to import files from SD cards to my Macbook pro.  Any recommendations?

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums.

Unless I have totally misunderstood your requirements you shouldn’t need any software to import the files.
If your Macbook Pro has an SD card slot then you can probably just put the card in the slot and copy the files over via Finder.
If your Macbook Pro doesn’t have an SD card slot, there are lots of very cheap (some under £4) SD card readers (something you physically plug into your Macbook) available which will plug into a USB slot (assuming that your Macbook has a USB slot). Once you have the SD card inserted into the SD card reader and you have the SD card reader inserted into the Macbook then, as above, you can copy the files over with Finder.

As for managing the files, after you have imported them, you may need to give us some requirements as to how you want to manage them as everyone has their own preferences and different software works in different ways.
You may find that giving files good names and organising them in nicely-named folders (maybe with a few OS tags) will be good enough for what you need.

[markw]

On Macs you have two built-in apps you can use to import images to the computer from SD cards. (While some Macs have SD card readers built-in, others will require a separate USB card reader).
Apple Photos, which can be used for importing, organising, editing and storing images.
And Image Capture, if you just want to import images to specific locations on you drive outside of Apple Photos.
Images can also be “shared” to your Mac wirelessly from other Apple devices too, using AriDrop.

[thomaso]

4 hours ago, MichaelF said:

import files from SD cards to my Macbook pro.  Any recommendations?

Additionally to the mentioned macOS apps & workflows some camera models allow copying from SD card with their own software (e.g. Canon EOS utility).

In case you look rather for a software to organise files like a Digital Asset Management (DAM) then a forums search for "DAM" will guide you to a variety of related threads. For instance...