XD cards and the current MacBook Pro

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XD cards and the current MacBook Pro

Hi everyone,

are there any adaptors so one can plug in an XD card into the SD card slot of the current MacBook Pro models? I searched the forums and googled for a a while, but couldn’t find a definitive answer. I’m not interested in USB card readers, already got one and want to use the built-in slot if possible.

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Björn

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 24, 2010 3:11 PM

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Answer 1

eww

Level 9

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Mar 24, 2010 3:42 PM in response to Björn Herrmann

The size of an xD card is close enough to that of an SD card that I doubt there is room for any adapter that would enable the xD card to fit inside the SD slot. If that's true, then an xD-to-SD adapter would have to hold the xD card entirely outside the computer body, and in that case you might as well use a sturdier and probably less expensive USB reader.

MMC cards can be used in the SD card slot, but that's the only non-SD format that works in it. SD is plainly becoming the dominant card format lately, so I doubt that there will be much of a market for adapters to connect other card types to the SD slots in MBPs. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for one to appear.

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Answer 2

Rod Hagen

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Mar 24, 2010 3:51 PM in response to Björn Herrmann

Don't think so, Bjorn. I wondered about this myself for an Olympus camera that I have, but couldn't find anything despite a fairly intensive search.

The best I can come up with runs the other way, and involves using a MicroSD card to XD Card adaptor in your camera, if it is compatible, and then a microSD to SD card adaptor when putting it into the computer.

Cheers

Rod

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Answer 3

Mar 27, 2010 6:07 AM in response to Rod Hagen

Thank you!

I thought so. It’s correct that the adaptor would not fit completely into the SD slot, but I always prefer small things instead of the more impractical USB readers, which I happen to already have one. The MicroSD adaptor Rod has mentioned seems like a nice alternative. Sadly my model (Fuji FinePix F30) isn’t in the list of supported devices, but for only 5€ I might just give it a try.

Have a nice weekend!
Björn

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