format memory card

You'd need a card reader, and then you should be able to use "Disk Utility" to format the memory card. I'd wonder if the card is damaged or defective if the camera cannot recognize it.

Unless you can connect the camera to your Mac, insert the card and have it mount to the finder you would need a SDHC card reader to mount it and format it

It sound to me like the card may be defective - you may have to return it for replacement (or have the store you bought it from "show you how" to format it 🙂 )

Larry Nebel

You should be able to format it as FAT32 via Disk Utility, using a card reader. In general, it's better to format in the camera, but obviously that's not an option here. If the camera accepts the newly-formatted card, though, you should probably try reformatting it in the camera.

Doug

First, make sure your SDHC card is not locked. There should be a little switch somewhere on it. Move it to the unlocked position, and then try formatting it through your camera. From a Google search I found that to format the card you just have to do the following:

"You must put the camera in playback mode .....the green arrow...menu and then the 3rd screen" (Source: http://tinyurl.com/2b8m28).

To format it on your Mac, you'll have to have a compatible SDHC card reader. In the same thread as above, however, it says Panasonic's card formatting software is not Mac-compatible. You may be able to do it with Disk Utility or some third party program.

If you try everything that I've mentioned and it still doesn't work, you may need to replace the cards.

Hope that helps

Connect your card reader and insert your card

go to applications ==> utilities ==> disk Utility and start the program

follow the on screen directions (select the disk - your card - select erase - select the format (probably FAT-32 but depends on your camera) and erase (just be sure you select the card NOT YOUR main HD 🙂 ) )

Larry Nebel

Good Luck 😉

Um, just a quick sanity-check: your camera claims to support 4 GB cards, right? Not all cameras can handle the newer, larger cards.

Doug