MBP doesn't see usb card reader

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MBP doesn't see usb card reader

I have a MAUSB-10 card reader and my MBP doesn't see it. It's usb and was plugged into my xp box, but I'm trying to switch everything over to mac and this is a major stumbling block. Anyone have any ideas as to how I can get the MBP to see the reader..... cmd line force? anything!?!

Thank you in advance.

Doug

macbook pro 1.83 w/ 2 GB ram, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Apr 29, 2006 9:57 AM

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Answer 1

tribe

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Apr 29, 2006 10:04 AM in response to capt_e3

I heard the Olympus card reader has a hard time with Macs. Not very well rated even with XP users in dpreview.

I have a $20 USB 2 reader from sandisk and it works great.

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Jeff Donald

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Apr 29, 2006 1:38 PM in response to capt_e3

I bought a $10 card reader from CompUSA that reads SD cards. It works great on all my Macs, including the MBP. You can try going to the mfg. site and downloading drivers the latest drivers for the card reader. Some mfg. have drivers for Macs and some don't. I have a Lexar CF reader I have to regularly download drivers for to keep working

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capt_e3 Author

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Apr 30, 2006 10:07 PM in response to tribe

Thank you gents, I appreciate your time. )(&#(*Q#&$)# Olympus!!!

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Answer 4

Jun 23, 2006 8:17 PM in response to capt_e3

I have the same problem. Just upgraded to iMac with Tiger and my Olympus MAUSB-10 fails to read any of my Fuji xD-Picture cards (256MB, 16MB, 16MB). This is after I installed the driver update. It worked just fine in OS 10.3.9. Am I just going to have to get a new card reader?

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Answer 5

Jun 23, 2006 8:36 PM in response to capt_e3

your mac will not "see" a reader, it will mount a memory card that is inserted in the reader as a hard drive on your desktop, make sure the card is in the reader correctly, then plug it in the USB port

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Answer 6

Jun 25, 2006 10:58 PM in response to wdbutcher

To use more precise language, my mac does not "mount" the xD card when it is inserted into the Olympus MAUSB-10 reader. The system profiler does recognize that the reader is attached to the USB port.

The problem is the MAUSB-10 reader. I bought a SanDisk 12-in-1 reader that worked just fine.

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Answer 7

Jun 25, 2006 10:59 PM in response to Jeff Donald

The latest Olympus drivers do not correct the problem

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Answer 8

Jazzman

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Jun 29, 2006 8:04 AM in response to capt_e3

I just tried a Sandisk USB 2.0 Card Reader/Writer for Sony style memory stick. Model SDDR-170-A10M. My 15" MacBook Pro will not mount the memory stick on the desktop. I have a support e-mail into Sandisk, but I am wondering if there is anything I can do to make this work in the meantime?

I am seeing no Apple Mac OSX specific drivers. The device did come with a Windows driver software mini-cd-disc. Which I beleive I couldn't use on my internal CD drive anyway.

Any thoughts out there would be much appreciated!

BTW an SIIG, Inc. ExpressCard 11-in-1 R/W card does work! I just thought the Sandisk "thumb-drive" style R/W device would be a more universal way to work between computers.

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black6

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Jun 29, 2006 8:36 AM in response to Jazzman

My dedicated sandisk USB2 Flash reader does not work either. I looked on some packaging in the retail store and sure enough all were XP compatible but not all OSX. I now use the lexar firewire, and it works very well.

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