Unable to detect CF card in El Capitan

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Unable to detect CF card in El Capitan

Hej! I just installed El Capitan yesterday. Today I was trying to mount a CF card using a Lexar card reader but it did not show up in Finder. This is how I normally import my photos, however, this time it did not work. I tried the reader + card in an older machine which has not been upgraded and it worked there. I checked the USB port on the first machine by plugging in a harddisk and it also worked. So pretty sure it has to do with the upgrade to El Capitan.

Has anyone else had CF card mounting issues with El Capitan?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11), Lexar CF card reader

Posted on Oct 17, 2015 6:11 AM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Oct 17, 2015 8:16 AM in response to Johannes H

- Try resetting the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

About NVRAM and PRAM

- Does it show in FInder?

- Does it show in System Profiler under USB?

You should see both the card reader and the card.

This is the Mac Pro desktop forum. I requested your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum.

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Oct 18, 2015 10:17 PM in response to Johannes H

Same problem here. I wouldn't think that an OS upgrade would prevent a usb3 device from working. MacBook Pro 15" Retina Mid 2012.

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Johannes H Author

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Oct 19, 2015 11:38 AM in response to Johannes H

I contacted the Lexar online chat support: http://www.lexar.com/contact-us

They recommended that I use my old machine that still was able to see the card reader and upgrade the firmware on the reader to get UDMA7 support. You can get the download from their server:

http://www.lexar.com/files/driverdownloads/Lexar_Professional_USB_3.0_Card_Reade r_FWLX01%28UDMA7%29_Update_Tool_v1.0.0_%…

After following the instructions in the zip file and upgrading the firmware the reader worked again on my new mac with El Capitan.

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Johannes H Author

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Oct 19, 2015 11:42 AM in response to lllaass

Hej, thanks for the reply, not sure how to move the post to the laptop forum, perhaps a mod can help with that. The SMC reset you suggested had a big warning sign, so I ended up googling a bit and found some other post mentioning the Lexar support but without a resolution. Got in touch with them and they helped me. See my other reply to this thread for solution. The problem was specific to the Lexar USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader.

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Nov 12, 2015 7:52 PM in response to Johannes H

Had this same problem--and I don't think it's a Mac Pro vs. MacBook Pro, but more with the peripheral.

My Lexar CF card reader is Firewire, but couldn't read any card from device after upgrading the system to El Capitan, even though the System Profiler could see the card. Running the update worked fine for me.

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Miro D

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Dec 16, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Johannes H

Wow, you saved me a great trouble. Thank you! 🙂

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Stevie_L

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Dec 31, 2015 1:01 PM in response to Johannes H

Thank you so much Johannes: I had the exact same problem and was finding it really annoying. I tried the firmware upgrade you linked to and it worked straightaway after that. I really appreciate that you posted the solution for the benefit of the community!

🙂

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