HikerMom97 wrote: … What's up, Apple??
We are not Apple; folks who read these posts are just users like you. Some of us hang around here from time to time in case our experience may help someone. The Apple engineers don’t read the stuff on here. If you would like to make suggestions to Apple, go to this link:
Feedback - Photos - Apple
If you want help from some of us, then you didn't give us much information. For instance, how are you importing these pictures, with iCloud or a USB cable, or what? Are you using the Finder pop-up? Have you tried to use the app Image Capture? Do you get an error message? Have you re-booted your Mac? Have you done a Forced restart (not just a power cycle) of your phone?