My relatively new iMac 27" accepts and reads the memory stick on my Canon EOS Sxi, and my Sony dsc-h55 Cybershot. However, my wife has an earlier model Sony Cybershot, with a SanDisk Memory Stick Pro Duo, and the iMac doesn't read it. I put it in, and nothing happens. With the other mem sticks, after I insert it into the SD Card slot, iPhoto starts, and reads the contents of the card. Should it read the SanDisk Stick?
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iMac 27" does not read SanDisk Memory Stick Pro
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No, Im not using a card reader. Im inserting it into the card slot built into the iMac itself!
How are you putting a Memory Stick card in the iMac? An adaptor to fit in the iMac's SD slot?
Memory Stick Pro Duo Card
Just plug your camera into a USB port with the cable provided when you purchased your camera. There is no need to even remove the memory card. I was having this exact same problem and was very perplexed, inasmuch as I never had a problem with my Windows machine. It works great.
Just plug your camera into a USB port with the cable provided when you purchased your camera. There is no need to even remove the memory card. I was having this exact same problem and was very perplexed, inasmuch as I never had a problem with my Windows machine. It works great.
Stealthipad is right. Only SD, SDHC and SDXC cards will work inside the iMac's card slot. Others won't, even if they "fit" inside the hole; the data/power contacts don't match up.
You're risking damage to either your Memory Stick or the iMac's card slot by doing this. I second DSB's suggestion (the USB cord).
You're risking damage to either your Memory Stick or the iMac's card slot by doing this. I second DSB's suggestion (the USB cord).