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internal SD Card reader not reading

I have a late 2012 Mac and running Catalina . My internal SD Card Reader doesn't work.

this is the what shows when I open System Report this is what shows.

Built in SD Card Reader:




  Vendor ID: 0x14e4


  Device ID: 0x16bc


  Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x106b


  Subsystem ID: 0x0000


  Revision: 0x0001


  Link Width: x1


  Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s


*Can anyone help me please and in very simple terms thanks. :-)

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 27, 2021 6:05 PM

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May 27, 2021 7:24 PM in response to sep52au

Do other cards work in the SD slot on your iMac?


Have you looked in the slot to see if it is dirty?


Is the card from a camera? If so, many camera cards are formatted in a way the macOS cannot recognize without help. I've used a Nikon DSLR for over ten years and none of our Macs recognize its cards' formatting in the Finder. The "help" comes one of two "translators." One you already have:


1) Find the app Image Capture in your Applications folder and open it. It can translate oddly-formatted camera cards and allow you to import images from the card. For Image Capture instructions, please see:


Transfer images in Image Capture on Mac - Apple Support


2) Download the image management software the camera maker offers. Those are also translators allowing viewing and importing.


May 27, 2021 6:53 PM in response to Jack-19

Hi Jack

thanks for getting back to me.

I'm not really great on the technical side of all of this.

this is the a card the same as what I am trying to read.

To me it's the same type of SD Card I've used before. It has more GB I think than previous cards, could that be it? Do you think I need to purchase cards with less storage?

Thanks. :-)

internal SD Card reader not reading

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