I have an iPad Pro 2020 and do a lot of photo imports with an SD card reader. In Photos, I always get an Import icon on the bottom of the screen when I insert the reader. Since IOS 14 was installed, I no longer get that or anything else that opens up. I did activate the sidebar, and was able to import by checking the Device selection. The Import option there did nothing. I can find nothing about this anywhere. Is this the new normal?
iPad, iOS 9
After speaking with Support, the workflow that ending up doing the trick for me was:
1) Open Files app and navigate to images on the SD (or external HD).
2) Select the images I'm looking to add to the Photos app.
3) Tap Share.
4) Tap Save (#) Images (appears beneath Copy and above Print.
5) Open Photos.
After speaking with Support, the workflow that ending up doing the trick for me was:
1) Open Files app and navigate to images on the SD (or external HD).
2) Select the images I'm looking to add to the Photos app.
3) Tap Share.
4) Tap Save (#) Images (appears beneath Copy and above Print.
5) Open Photos.
It actually started working after I re-started my iPad, but thanks so much for the response! Now I’m back to editing photos again!
Update. After reading relaeted posts in other on line resources I found that “Devices” submenu will show up if full size SD card is inserted in reader. If micro SD card with adapter is inserted in reader “Devices” submenu will not show up. Tried with several different micro sd card and adapters (for full size sd card reader work ok, with micro sd with adapter reader does not work).
I finally got a new duel card reader and it seems to work now on my iPad Pro. I put the small card in from my drone and a camera pops up in my side bar and I can download now
I had posted this earlier but I wanted to let others know that I submitted case 101207921200 with Apple because I found two things were happening: 1) This problem where the iPhotos would not recognize the SD Card reader adapter on my iPad and 2) My Apple Watch will not charge from the USB-C adapter on the same iPad. Apple did do a deep troubleshooting and log collection with me on this case and all of this has been uploaded to their Engineers I believe. I just sent another email and voice mail to the case owner to get some feedback about this. I believe that they are going to find that this is an unexpected bug as of iOS 14.0. I also sent the case owner a link to this discussion and asked that if this ends up being a bug that it would be nice if they would let people in this thread know about it. I also wanted to let them know that my occurrence of this problem is not an individual issue also and that all of you were experiencing the same thing.
Update 2. After I was able to view “Devices” submenu in Photos when full size SD card inserted and again without success with micro sd card with adapter I tried to rename micro sd card and ... miracle .... it seems that now reader is again fully functional. I can see it and use it on iphone (xs) and ipad 2019 (in Photos and in Files). Problem solved for me 😀
Try shutting the phon down and re starting.
that helped mine. Plug in the card reader and you should have the option to import.
My Sony doesn’t name cards, but the Devices menu will still open and display “no name” under that heading.
My routine is to open Photos, insert the reader with a card already in it, and then just wait a few seconds for the Devices menu to open in the side menu. If you then click on the card under Devices, name or no name, your import routine should start.
When you insert a card reader, a “Devices” submenu will appear in the list of options displayed on the side of the screen. Click on the name of your card and it will start importing your photos.
Under the Devices sub menu, the name of your card or camera should appear,
. Just select it and the import function will appear.
In Photos, there is a small icon on the top left (iPad) which opens and closes the side menu. “Devices” will appear when a card reader is plugged in, and the name of the card will appear under the Devices sub menu.
Apple’s response after quite a bit of troubleshooting on case 101207921200 is that the USB-C port must be bad. Since my iPad is out of warranty they said it would be $649 to service it. I told them to forget it and to close the case. Funny how this “bad port” only started happening when I upgraded to iOS 14.x. I still think that it is a bug in the OS but my case is dead. Oh well.
They just did a 14 update and it seems to work now
I spoke with Apple support about this, and they knew nothing about it. I have since verified that this change only affects the iPad, and not the iPhone. I have also tried inserting and removing a card reader while the sidebar is open. The “Devices” sub menu will appear and disappear as the card is put in and taken out, so this is apparently the new way it works. Your card name will be listed in the Devices menu, and selecting it opens the normal import routine. The “Imports” sub menu will only show previous imports.
I have searched online and have not found a single reference to this change. Very odd.
I also found that my Apple Watch would not longer charge from my iPad so I opened a support case with Apple. The case has gone deep already so I think that this is a new problem in iOS 14.x that they were not aware of. I will post back here if I hear anything new.
Import option in Photos gone with IOS 14
