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CF Express Type B Card not recognized as a removable drive, Cannot transfer photos.

I just received my MAC Studio Ultra today and I have a Thunderbolt 3 card reader that's for use with CFexpress type B cards. The way that MAC OS 12 see's the drive is as a SSD Hard drive and not a removable drive so when I try to import photos from Adobe Bridge it won't recognize the card as a removable drive and it won't list it as a source in Adobe Bridge. If I connect the camera directly to the MAC USB C cable with the CFE type B card inserted in the camera, only then will Bridge recognize my card. This is not a viable workaround since it takes hours to download the photos I have a 256GB card and they are generally full after a day of shooting around 10K worth of photos or more. This is my first MAC but now I'm considering returning my MAC Studio Ultra & purchasing a Windows laptop with thunderbolt. This wasn't an issue on Windows 11.

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Posted on Jun 8, 2022 11:01 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2022 9:38 AM

Adobe Bridge Works fine on a windows machine. It’s an issue with Mac Studio machines. Others are having the same isdue with different software importing from these CFexpress cards on MAC studios, so that rules out software. The issue appears to be that MACs recognize it as a SSD & not a removable drive. In addition Apple doesn’t want to support anything non-Apple. They only support importing photos directly from the camera. It works but took overnight to complete. This MAC studio Ultra & it’s being returned.

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Jun 10, 2022 9:38 AM in response to Barney-15E

Adobe Bridge Works fine on a windows machine. It’s an issue with Mac Studio machines. Others are having the same isdue with different software importing from these CFexpress cards on MAC studios, so that rules out software. The issue appears to be that MACs recognize it as a SSD & not a removable drive. In addition Apple doesn’t want to support anything non-Apple. They only support importing photos directly from the camera. It works but took overnight to complete. This MAC studio Ultra & it’s being returned.

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Jun 10, 2022 3:16 PM in response to RockyMtnDrummer

It should not matter what it chooses to identify as. A drive is a drive is a drive. If Adobe Bridge must see the drive as "removable media," it is broken. That has to be the stupidest requirement I have ever heard. Does Adobe make anything that works right?

Try giving Adobe Bridge Full Disk Access in the Privacy tab of Security & Privacy System Preferences.

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