If you're using an Apple desktop or laptop you don't need any special software to get photos off your devices.
Simply connect your phone to the laptop or iMac and open the Image Capture app.
Select your connected device and all your photos are there.
Select all or just a few and then scroll to the bottom.
Down here you will see a selection of options where you can save them to or create a new location in the "Import to:" dropdown.
Now on the right side you select Import All if you DO NOT want only specific ones (and you don't have to select any if you use this option, it automatically takes them all). OR you can click "Import" and take only the SPECIFIC images you selected.
These will go to your selected folder.
You can also delete images from your phone this way.
You can import your videos to a specific location this way.
This allows you to have much greater flexibility with your images where you can choose which program you wish to edit or share them with.
Hope this helped 🙂