SanDisk Extreme CF Card FireWire Reader

Since no one's answered...

I didn't know Sandisk still made this thing. I beleive it came out in 2006 or 2007. A quick search on Sandisk's site, shows no driver or firmware updates, mentions "OS X 10.1" (I saw it, but can find the link), and only mentions " all Capacities - 2, 4 and 8GB." So the info seems a bit out of date, which corroborates the age of the product. [This post on the Sandisk forum|http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Readers-adapters-and-all-other/Sandisk-Expre sscard-reader-for-eXtreme-CompactFlash-Cards/m-p/189160/highlight/true#M286] infers that the Firewire readers were discontinued, although that seems not to be true.

That said, does the issue happen with all of your CF cards or just one of them? (Or some of them?) Are the cards fast enough for the extra performance of the Firewire reader? (IOW, if they worked on a USB reader, but have issues with the FW reader, then perhaps they cards are too slow? I'm just guessing.) Or maybe even the cards are worn out. All flash memory will eventually wear out. Are these older cards? (More than 2 years old?)

It likely is a compatibility issue with 10.6.4, but I don't know of that many non-pro photographers that used a Firewire CF reader so don't hold your breath waiting for an answer here. If you can't get an answer from Sandisk, then you might have better luck in a photography based forum like [DPReview|http://www.dpreview.com>, especially something more pro oriented.

Many photo programs also have options which allow you to import only new pix (or even just selected ones).

I have the ScanDisk Extreme FW reader, and I have no problem dragging ALL files from my card (16GB Extreme Pro card). I've also used it with other types of cards without encountering any problems. Have you tried reformatting the card? I am running 10.6.4 on iMac i7. I have had the occasional issue of the reader not mounting, but I think that's because I didn't have a solid connection. When I make sure the wires and card are solidly inserted, everything works fine.

Just to let you know, I tested out a ScanDisk Extreme IV 4 GB card (totally filled) on 10.6.5, and that worked without a hitch as well. Took 2 minutes for complete transfer.

I have a SanDisk Extreme FireWire Reader and a MBP i7 computer running 10.6.5. I bought the reader in 2010 and have used it (with out issue) countless times.
Today, my card reader does not mount on my MBP i7 running 10.6.5. I went to the apple store and it doesn't work on numerous i7 10.6.5 computers. The reader works on other macs fine. It works on my core 2 duu fine. Are others having this issue or is this a fluke?

yep, I have a MBP17 which reads and writes my 'pro' Lexar reader, but the 13 (new model, just a month old, the 17 is 18 months old) will not read. Nor will it read USB card readers I've used in PB17.

Seems like somethings up inside

I have the Lexar Professional ExpressCard Compact Flash adapter... and it works perfectly as expected on my old MacBook Pro (late 2009). However on my brand-new 2011 MBP 17" I have to have the thing in the slot with a card in it when I turn the computer on or it won't recognize the card at all, ever.

As long as I do that, however, everything works exactly as expected again... I can eject it, change cards, etc., and the whole time everything works perfectly.

Incidentally both computers are running 10.6.6, but the older machine is an upgrade job and the new Mac came with 10.6.6 pre-installed.