Ever since updating to 10.13 my SD Card reader is no longer mounting cards? any ideas how to fix this
Thanks
Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13)
I've been testing the betas and going back and forth reporting issues with the SD card. In my case at least I'm pretty sure it isn't an OS level issue.
I worked this out by completing a series of troubleshooting steps:
After the last step I considered that I must have a hardware failure, but instead I tried the following:
I discovered that there is a flaw in the current version of the Jetdrivetoolbox software (used for ejecting SD cards made by Transcend before system sleep) that seemed to push the card reader off the hardware profiler after the machine wakes up. Note: the SD card should appear in the card reader and USB bus sections. After I uninstalled Jetdrivetoolbox, my SD card is working perfectly and behaves as expected. The only advantage of the software was that it allowed the system to hibernate (usually a Mac can't do this with an SD card present in the slot).
You may discover that it's a hardware issue or merely dust - or you have incompatible extensions or startup items that are interfering. Another option (I don't know for sure) is that using an installer to do a clean install on an external drive rather than using the recovery partition may force firmware updates to be applied. I also had an iPad charging issue (cycling between mount, charge and unmount) which was resolved installing the OS on an external drive that could be explained in this way...
What specifically solved your problem and was your issue the internal card reader on a Mac Mini?
Unbelievable still no fix for this, and even the newest update breaks the reader. Shame.
This computer doesn't contain any Apple Internal Memory Card Readers???
I have the same issue on my Mac mini 2010 too. It was working on Sierra. Seems Apples QA didn’t do a proper job...
hi monolu,
has this been the permanent fix for you?
Robert
Thank you!
It’s hard to believe, given Apple’s resources, that this can’t be addressed easily and quickly. Such an inconvenience!
An SMC Reset has been known to fix that problem.
Yes I know it seems that way but it's good to check. I've seen a great many hardware problems that coincidentally showed just after an update. It could also be a firmware problem, which are now bundled with the OS updates. Firmware problems wouldn't be fixed by reinstalling the software. So it's best to check all possibilities and be patient. If it's dire, get an external reader or connect your camera directly via USB and use Image Capture for now, until you figure out what's wrong.
One of the first things I tried was connecting the camera via usb -- no dice. Same problem, it doesn't see it. For now, my workaround is opening it on my windows computer, saving the photos on a usb stick, then plugging that into the Mac Mini. Klugey, but it works until Apple gets this thing fixed. As you can see from the comments, a lot of us are experiencing this issue, especially with mid 2010 Minis. Everything worked fine forever, then High Sierra and -- no card reader function.
Yeah it sounds like it's a problem specific to Minis of that period. I have a 2011 Mini that I haven't updated yet. I don't need the card reader on it so I think I'll go ahead and do the update so I can if I can duplicate this problem. I would still bet it's a firmware problem, not system software. I've heard of bundled firmware updates failing without warning during OS updates, so I'm guessing that's what happened. Success may depend on what system you had running before the update.
For posterity, you could check your firmware version in System Info (Boot ROM version) and post it here so others can compare what they're running and whether there's been an update.
Apple Menu > About This Mac then click on System Report. The first pane (Hardware) should show "Boot ROM version" toward the bottom. While you're there, check which "Model Identifier" is listed (toward the top of that pane).
btw- If you connect the camera via USB, many applications won't recognize it unless it's mounted as mass storage. Most cameras don't do this anymore, only P2P, so you have to use Image Capture to see the camera.
I have the same problem and I reset SMC and still no SD's mounted. I also checked my System Report and it says that there is no internal SD card reader. I have a early 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 15". Whats your suggestion?
I tried that, but when i Boot with Command+R, it still does not recognize my SDHC in Disk Utility. In system information, it tells me that I do not have an internal SD reader, although I do. Is that software issue? This is a real pain, because I still use SD's quite a bit even though a lot of ppl dont.....
SD card reader not working on high sierra
