How fast is SDXC on the Air?

[rbf1138]

I think I may buy a 128gb SD/SDXC card to store my music, but I'm wondering if it'll be fast enough so that albums play in Itunes without lag/hesitation. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[ZBoater]

I think I may buy a 128gb SD/SDXC card to store my music, but I'm wondering if it'll be fast enough so that albums play in Itunes without lag/hesitation. Anyone have any experience with this?

Yes, you can play music and movies off the SD card with no problem, but don't cheap out on the card. Get one that is at least class 6 and you should be fine.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Apple's Tech Specs only confirm SDHC compatibility on 13" MBAs. SDXC compatibility is listed on MBPs with SD slots.

 

[rbf1138]

Apple's Tech Specs only confirm SDHC compatibility on 13" MBAs. SDXC compatibility is listed on MBPs with SD slots.

Can anyone confirm if SDXC's work in their 2012 13' Air?

 

[ZBoater]

Can anyone confirm if SDXC's work in their 2012 13' Air?

Mine worked on my 2011 MBA. 64GB Ultra Sandisk.

 

[GBlansten]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3553#3

 

[rbf1138]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3553#3

That doesn't include the Air.

 

[GBlansten]

That doesn't include the Air.

Even if the Air uses the USB bus and has a max speed of 480 mb/second you don't have sdxc cards yet that can saturate it. I think the fastest sdxc cards read at 95 and write at 45 mb/s.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[rbf1138]

Even if the Air uses the USB bus and has a max speed of 480 mb/second you don't have sdxc cards yet that can saturate it. I think the fastest sdxc cards read at 95 and write at 45 mb/s.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Hm, ok. I guess the thing is that 64GB SD cards and above have to be SDXC, correct?

 

[GBlansten]

Hm, ok. I guess the thing is that 64GB SD cards and above have to be SDXC, correct?

Yes and use the exfat file system.

 

[ZBoater]

I just ran an benchmark on my 64GB class 10 Sandisk Ultra card on my 2012 MBA. 10MB/s write, 35MB/s read.

By comparison my SSD was 400MB/s write and 450MB/s read.

 

[rbf1138]

As long as it'll play mp3s in iTunes ok I don't need SSD speeds.

 

[dona83]

I just ran an benchmark on my 64GB class 10 Sandisk Ultra card on my 2012 MBA. 10MB/s write, 35MB/s read.

That's like a hard drive. Good enough.

 

[Cicatrix]

hell, I use a sandisk extreme sd card to record two tracks of audio at a time straight from my DAW. basically I'm using the sd card slot as a mini recording drive. your more than good for what your trying to do.

 

[markelp]

I just ran an benchmark on my 64GB class 10 Sandisk Ultra card on my 2012 MBA. 10MB/s write, 35MB/s read.

By comparison my SSD was 400MB/s write and 450MB/s read.

Is there any indication of what bus the SD Card reader is using on the 2012 Air?

The Extreme Pro SD Card from SanDisk is claimed to go "up to 95 MB/s" vs the "up to 30MB/s" of the Ultra SD Cards.

Pricy at ~$300, but perhaps a more flexible option to add space to an MBA. I'm thinking Parallels or Boot Camp partition, media storage, etc.