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SD card readers broken

I maintain a lab of 19 iMac 27" computers (18,3 2017 models) running macOS 12.5 (having been updated over the years). The SD card readers on over half of them have stopped working. I have not found any solutions yet, and it seems wrong that these simple devices should malfunction this way.

Web search reveals this to be a fairly common problem.

Does Apple have any recommendations?

Posted on Sep 20, 2022 6:51 AM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2022 11:39 AM

Finally found a ridiculously simple solution elsewhere in Apple forum. Thank you John Galt!


Reset the SMC (System Management Controller). Guess how? Shut down and pull the power plug out for a minute. Replace and power back on. Voila, they all work again.

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SD card readers broken

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