How can I automaticaly download images from a SD/CF card on a Macbook Pro?
Applications > Image Capture

This is the Mac's generic photo importer - it's the actual engine behind Photos.

Launch, insert card, select the card in the list; then bottom left there is a drop menu so you can tell it what automatic action to perform.
This is where I'm uncertain as I'm a Nikon user, not Canon.  



Drop menu artificially moved across so you can see the section underneath

From here you can set whether or not to auto-launch any capable app, or use Image Capture itself. I just import to the same folder each time then move after I've done initial edits, but from here you could tell it to auto-launch your Canon software &amp; it could then take over the import &amp; file structure..

One caveat - if you reformat the SD card, it will be recognised as a new device each time you do. The Mac treats each card as a separate entity &amp; always knows which card it is, even if you have several with the same name [which also means you need to set up the same workflow for each card, the first time]. Reformatting breaks that association.