MacBook Pro physically breaks SD cards

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MacBook Pro physically breaks SD cards

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It it possible that the SD card readers on the M2 / M3 models are physically braking SD cards? I recently pulled mine out and noticed that the plastic near the contacts cracked. It broke within a month of using it with my MacBook. Turns out that many coworkers with M2 or M3 models are having a similar experience.

Since I'm relatively new to Mac and have never experienced any SD cards breaking with laptops from other manufacturers, I just wanted to ask: Is this a known problem or is it just bad luck or misuse from our side?

For now I'll just use an external reader as this seems to be a quite effective solution.

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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Dec 1, 2024 11:33 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 2, 2024 11:09 AM in response to damianluginbuehl

Have not had any issues like you describe. Important to keep in mind that the SD slot on Macs is not 'spring-loaded' like many slots are, in both cameras and card readers. You just gently push the card in until it stops, then gently pull it out after ejecting the card in Finder.

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Answer 2

Dec 3, 2024 11:56 PM in response to neuroanatomist

Thanks for your reply.

I am aware that the SD slot on a Mac is not 'spring-loaded'. I don't want to push any responsibility off myself. I've been using this card for about two and a half years now with different Cameras (Sony, Canon, Blackmagic), different inbuilt readers (ASUS, Acer and HP, none of them were spring-loaded) and different external readers (LMP, Digitus, StarTech and Hama, none of them were spring-loaded either), but it broke after using it for one month with my new Mac. And since I have seen users on here, complaining about the Macs SD readers making their card unreadable, I figured, that this SD card breaking issue might also be a (known?) problem. It also seems to me, that the force used to hold the cards in my Macs reader is quite high compared to others I've used.

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MacBook Pro physically breaks SD cards

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