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Q: my iMAC can't read the SD card. Any ideas?

My iMAC can't read the SD card of my Canon camera. I've tried reinserting slowly and quickly and dusting it. My camera can see the pictures on the SD card, which is only two months old. The same thing happened a few months ago. I figured it was an old card and probably damaged so bought a new one but this one has the same problem. my port was checked in store a  couple of months ago too. I am running out of ideas....

iPhoto '11, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Jan 7, 2013 4:17 AM

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Q: my iMAC can't read the SD card. Any ideas?

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 7, 2013 1:12 PM in response to fionten
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    Jan 7, 2013 1:12 PM in response to fionten

    Does it show up in System Report>Hardware, or Disk Utility, or Image Capture?

  • by crh24,Helpful

    crh24 crh24 Jan 7, 2013 1:18 PM in response to fionten
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    Jan 7, 2013 1:18 PM in response to fionten

    fionten wrote:

     

    My iMAC can't read the SD card of my Canon camera. I've tried reinserting slowly and quickly and dusting it. My camera can see the pictures on the SD card, which is only two months old. The same thing happened a few months ago. I figured it was an old card and probably damaged so bought a new one but this one has the same problem. my port was checked in store a  couple of months ago too. I am running out of ideas....

    How long has it been since you fully formatted the SD in the camera?  I ask because some cameras are very good at messing up the card just enough that while they can read/write to it fine other systems may be confused.  All it takes is a minor firmware glitch.

     

    If you haven't hard formatted the SD in the camera for a while try downloading your pictures by connecting the camera to the iMac via USB.  After the download is complete--and you have verified that it is full and complete--format the SD in the camera, snap a photo, then try connecting the SD directly to the iMac.

     

    Might not work, but worth a try as it's free to do.

     

    Another thing is to make sure that the firmware in your camera is up to date.

  • by fionten,

    fionten fionten Jan 7, 2013 3:25 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 7, 2013 3:25 PM in response to BDAqua

    i can't see it showing up in any system. Not good news I guess.

  • by fionten,

    fionten fionten Jan 7, 2013 3:26 PM in response to crh24
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    Jan 7, 2013 3:26 PM in response to crh24

    I'll give this a shot. Thanks for the idea.

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jan 7, 2013 3:49 PM in response to fionten
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    Jan 7, 2013 3:49 PM in response to fionten

    Best to use a card reader rather than plugging it into the Mac directly.

  • by fionten,

    fionten fionten Jan 7, 2013 3:55 PM in response to Klaus1
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    Jan 7, 2013 3:55 PM in response to Klaus1

    I tried this and it still doesn't pick anything up! Ths thing is I can't believe the new SD can be corrupted as well...it must be abother problem!