Why apple added that ancient trash back into their MacBooks Ill never understand. What next, MacBook Pro with Zip drives? Apple always moved forward, until now, when they released a fancy 2013 MacBook Pro instead of a 2021 version.
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Some SD Cards Not Working Properly With 2021 14 and 16-Inch MacBook Pros
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CarlJ
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I mean, the USB-C ports are still there. You can still plug in an external reader, until they get this sorted.
Personally, I would have rather had a built-in ethernet NIC, but that’s just me.
MacFan782040
macrumors 65816
Apple's own usb SD card reader works fine. It's a problem with the MacBook.
boss.king
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Because they’re still widely used in many industries and it’s a feature that professionals can benefit from having integrated? It seems like a pretty obvious reason to me.
Michael Scrip
macrumors G3
Same.
I've used SD cards for 15 years. Never a problem. Nor have I heard widespread complaints from others.
But the 2021 Macbook Pro has a problem reading SD cards and the story is suddenly "SD cards have always been trash"
I guess I never knew the dangers...
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Dydegu
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dentontay
macrumors newbie
This is why I'd take another USBC/Tbird port over a hard card reader. The hard card reader will not last the life of the computer.
jz0309
macrumors P6
so many asked for those legacy ports back - now you got 'em ... life sometimes sucks.
I feel sorry, but you can always use a dongle, much easier and cheaper to replace.
I feel sorry, but you can always use a dongle, much easier and cheaper to replace.
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
Yes I would agree. My only explanation is they regard macOS as the legacy platform. It doesn't need to push forward anymore. It exists only as long as it needs to exist.
paalb
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JPack
macrumors P6
LOL, ignoring the fact that Apple is a member of the SD Association, what other widely available storage format can handle 128TB or 1GB/sec?
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
Or it could be a decision not to support a number of SD cards anymore with the new MacBooks. Or the SD card itself not being compatible with whatever hardware they've put into the new MacBooks.
Your evidence only underscores the reason why it's dumb going back to supporting this broken technology in any form.
boss.king
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USB C ports can fail too. Your dongle won’t help you then.
Ah! back on the "let's bash SD cards" crusade. Nice!
I've been using SD cards for 15 years and find them perfectly fast enough for their intended usage, and I've only ever had one fail (and I suspect it was a fake SanDisk microSD).
But I'll accept that "slow and prone to fail" is a relative judgement. They are slower than SSDs and CFExpress or CFast 2.0 - yes. They are probably more "prone to fail" than a modern SSD (and given the nature of the contacts and flexibility, they may wear out or be subject to damage more easily).
I also agree that they are not the "best" standard, but they are currently the "best value", and as such will be around for a long time.
jlc1978
macrumors 604
Of course. I’ve had issues with my 14” M1 MBP using various card readers with microSD card that worked fine in my 2018 with a reader. Generally the issue is the card disappears from Finder Or I get “Do not remove “ error messages as if it was pulled without us mounting.
I’ve had a few using them as backup tha results in a lot of writes each day. If you read/write a lot the can fail; they really aren’t intended to be like a HD.
Exactly. I find the useful for a real time backup.
boss.king
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That’s BS. SD card slots are pretty robust. They were fine on all previous models of MacBook Pros, why do you think they suddenly can’t last for the life of the machine?
Because SD cards are by far and away the most commonly used removable storage standard for cameras, phones, other A/V gear, and lots of embedded systems. USB memory sticks are probably more common, but much larger.
There is currently nothing that replaces the "ancient trash" that is anywhere near in availability and price. Yes, yes, CFExpress etc. are faster and "better" but still expensive and found ony in high-end cameras.
Apple is providing something for their market - not a tiny niche of pro photographers.
They work fine until they don't. I have many external card readers that just stop working for some cards and of course they're not updatable. At least there's a chance that Apple can update their internal reader. This story will probably last about as long as it takes Apple to include a reader firmware update in the next MacOS update...3-4 weeks.
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Apple is our faultless overlord
We don’t deserve to use thier pristine magnanimous technology 🤣🤣
jz0309
macrumors P6