importing photos from card to Lightroom on MacBook Air

[georginaf99860922]

Hi how do I import my files from my SD card (I have a card reader plugged in) into lightroom on an macbook air? it keeps saying 'folder permission denied' but I have my prefedrences set to read and write. ive also tried it by adding files to laptop in documents and then pull from their but its saying the same. this is all under the local tab not cloud as I dont have enough storage on there and I dont want them on that cloud anyway because I use another cloud to back up. 

Thanks in advance

[Jim Wilde]

Has Lightroom been given "Full Disk Access"? If not, you need to do that, see these instructions: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/disk-permissions-monterey-classic/