Tripman
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Q: CF cards won't work properly with El Capitan

Using a San Disk USB 3 card reader and CalDigit FASTA 6GU3 + PCI card. Everything works fine with 10.8.6, but with El Capitan I can't copy anything from the cards - it gets stuck then ejects the card and I get an error message that the operation can't be completed because i/o error and that the disk was improperly ejected. Card remounts right away, but problem repeats. Boot into old sys and all is well so it appears to be an El Cap problem. Have removed previous CALDIGIT drivers for my previous card (which doesn't work at all with El Cap), so that's not the problem.

Posted on Aug 19, 2016 11:36 AM

by Tripman,Solvedanswer
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Problem solved: the Caldigit card has 2 USB ports, 1 normal and 1 mini like a Thunderbolt. I had the Sandisk card reader plugged into the normal 1 and my Newertech Voyager S3 plugged into the mini port with an adaptor. Neither peripheral functioned properly. Switched the 2 things and now all is well. Card reader plugged into the adaptor and the Voyager plugged into the normal port. Both function as expected now. Baffling.

Posted on Aug 23, 2016 9:57 AM

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Aug 19, 2016 1:19 PM in response to Tripman
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    Aug 19, 2016 1:19 PM in response to Tripman

    Did you mean 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?  There is no 10.8.6, Mountain Lion maxed at 10.8.5.  If you mean Snow Leopard, a lot of software is not compatible with 10.7 or later that is with earlier versions.  There should be compatible Compact Flash readers on multifunction printers, as well as some readers you might find at http://www.macsales.com

     

    Alternatively if this is the same machine that came with 10.6, you can install 10.6 on a separate partition or external hard drive, or if it is a newer Mac than July 20, 2011, you will want the option to run Snow Leopard Server on your Mac

     

    Rosetta/PowerPC Applications and Lion and above

  • by quiet_imac_fan,

    quiet_imac_fan quiet_imac_fan Aug 19, 2016 1:52 PM in response to a brody
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    Aug 19, 2016 1:52 PM in response to a brody

    I'm new to OS/X.

     

    What computer are you using this card in?  I dont' think it's an Apple computer am i right?

     

    I see that may have been expensive pc card however you can't expect El Capitan to run ms windows china pc hardware that attatches to an interface iMac products don't even have.

     

    Thunderbolt 2 is the current way to attach many peripherals at high speed, Thunderbolt the previous, and before that FireWire (that many woe the dropped out-of-box support for).

     

    Also that card says IT IS NOT USB 3.0, which iMac does support the Intel way (and intel patented usb, still).  That card says it does SCSI over usb3.0 which is bound to be "different" unless the scsi is purely software talkery.

     

    My guess is the support could possibly be added (signed kernel extension at boot time? kernel module run-time? possibly a way to use the old support in new system you (we) dont know of) ...

     

    HOWEVER your time would better be spent using that card on a PC - and using Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 on iMac.  In the end getting it to work likely wont be worth the time spent making it work.  Possibly ask apple staff as a support incident.

     

    You should definitely always check the "hardware compatibility list" for an OS if you care before changing to it, and also think before you buy: software always becomes incompatible with itself (any work you make may have to be completely reworked next edition), hardware always becomes incompatible with itself (moreso newly - in the past that wasn't true)

     

    I know how you feel I've had a $250 3DLabs Permedia 2 card become a paperweight almost the day i got it (Microsoft win95/98 FAR FAR to unstable to use for even homework, but no OpenGL driver for it ever released in unix still).  I had a stack of old card I threw in the dump just days ago - none of them worth keeping reguarless of cost or hours of use.

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Aug 19, 2016 2:04 PM in response to Tripman
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    Aug 19, 2016 2:04 PM in response to Tripman

    Just what card do you have?

    Caldigit FASTA-6GU3 El Capitan Support

  • by Tripman,

    Tripman Tripman Aug 20, 2016 4:58 PM in response to a brody
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    Aug 20, 2016 4:58 PM in response to a brody

    I meant 10.8.5. My problem is with El Capitan. Threader and cards work fine with Snow Leopard...

  • by Tripman,

    Tripman Tripman Aug 20, 2016 5:00 PM in response to lllaass
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    Aug 20, 2016 5:00 PM in response to lllaass

    I have numerous cards - Lexar, Delkin, Transcend - for photos and video

  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Aug 20, 2016 7:28 PM in response to Tripman
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    Aug 20, 2016 7:28 PM in response to Tripman

    10.8.5 is Mountain Lion.

    10.6.8 is Snow Leopard.  If it works in Snow Leopard, but neither Mountain Lion, nor El Capitan, it likely is an old PowerPC code issue.  Because while Snow Leopard's Rosetta did not technically have any drivers, many software may have carried PowerPC code that would have stopped working with moving above Snow Leopard.

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Aug 21, 2016 12:47 AM in response to Tripman
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    Aug 21, 2016 12:47 AM in response to Tripman

    That CalDigit card may not fully work with El Capitan

    Caldigit FASTA-6GU3 El Capitan Support

  • by Tripman,

    Tripman Tripman Aug 21, 2016 2:15 PM in response to a brody
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    Aug 21, 2016 2:15 PM in response to a brody

    Dang! I keep saying Snow Leopard. It works fine with Mountain Lion 10.8.5. My mistake. Haven't tried with 10.6.8 and don't want to.

  • by Tripman,

    Tripman Tripman Aug 21, 2016 2:18 PM in response to lllaass
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    Aug 21, 2016 2:18 PM in response to lllaass

    Caldigit claims it does, but I am having problems. Now my Newertech USB 3 HD dock won't mount drives... I'll be calling them!

  • by Tripman,Solvedanswer

    Tripman Tripman Aug 23, 2016 9:57 AM in response to Tripman
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    Aug 23, 2016 9:57 AM in response to Tripman

    Problem solved: the Caldigit card has 2 USB ports, 1 normal and 1 mini like a Thunderbolt. I had the Sandisk card reader plugged into the normal 1 and my Newertech Voyager S3 plugged into the mini port with an adaptor. Neither peripheral functioned properly. Switched the 2 things and now all is well. Card reader plugged into the adaptor and the Voyager plugged into the normal port. Both function as expected now. Baffling.