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Q: SD Card will not mount on Macbook Pro Mid 2012 (non-retina), tried everything

I am trying to use a PNY 4GB SD Card on my Macbook Pro Mid-2012 (non-retina), but I cannot get it to mount or for the Macbook to even see it's there.  I read some people had success slightly pulling it out, pushing it in faster, cleaning the port, etc. which I have tried all of these, but to no avail.

 

Anybody have an idea?

 

Thanks,

-Justin B.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Dec 14, 2012 9:29 PM

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Q: SD Card will not mount on Macbook Pro Mid 2012 (non-retina), tried everything

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  • by Shootist007,

    Shootist007 Shootist007 Dec 14, 2012 9:37 PM in response to nuccun
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    Dec 14, 2012 9:37 PM in response to nuccun

    Have you tried a different card? And does it see the other card?

     

    If not or if you have and it doesn't see the card go into System Info and see if the SD card reader even shows up. If it doesn;t then you need to take the system to Apple and have it fixed.

  • by nuccun,

    nuccun nuccun Dec 14, 2012 9:42 PM in response to Shootist007
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    Dec 14, 2012 9:42 PM in response to Shootist007

    I have tried a few different cards, but no luck.  I looked in System Info and I see "Card Reader" in there.  I copied/pasted the text it shows under card reader below.

     

    Built in SD Card Reader:

     

      Vendor ID:          0x14e4

      Device ID:          0x16bc

      Subsystem Vendor ID:          0x14e4

      Subsystem ID:          0x0000

      Revision:          0x0010

      Link Width:          x1

      Link Speed:          2.5 GT/s

     

    Not sure if that tells anyone anything though.

  • by Shootist007,

    Shootist007 Shootist007 Dec 14, 2012 9:44 PM in response to nuccun
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    Dec 14, 2012 9:44 PM in response to nuccun

    Well either you have extremely bad luck with SD cards, Getting a series of bad cards all in a row, or your Mac is broken in some way. First thing you should do is take it to Apple and have it checked out.

  • by Special_K@y,

    Special_K@y Special_K@y Feb 25, 2013 6:30 AM in response to nuccun
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    Feb 25, 2013 6:30 AM in response to nuccun

    Had problems reading SD cards after a Mountain Lion update. Try this XQuartz solution that fixed this for me. I'm using a 13" MBP mid-2012. All you have to do is install this programme and re-insert your SD card.

     

    XQuartz no longer comes with new Macbooks, only X11.

     

    See this support page from Apple on where you can download XQuartz.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

     

    You can download Xquartz directly from here:

     

    http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

     

    This should be the most up to date version. If not check for updates once you have downloaded it.

     

    Simply re-insert your SD card and voila!