Apple - Can I import photos from iPhone to Mac without a cable?
Why not AirDrop
them?
https://www.macworld.com/article/2974043/software-photography/how-to-airdrop-photos-and-videos-between-macs-and-ios-devices.html
Turn on wifi and bluetooth for both iPhone and MacBook. Open Finder on the Mac and on the Go menu select AirDrop.
From the AirDrop workspace be sure to make your Mac discoverable by everyone or with select contacts.
On your iPhone from the Photos
app select the image/video you want to transfer, then from the AirDrop connection select the AirDrop target you wish to send the imago to.
From the Mac end accept the transfer attempt from the iPhone
The transferred file(s) should wind up in the Downloads folder.