Best media card reader for iphoto?

What is the best mediat card reader for a Macbook (unibody white) with USB connection.

I don't know if it's best but I bought a Targus High Speed SD/SDHC/MMC reader from WalMart. It's small, great for traveling, and plugs into a USB port. Works very well. About $10 as I recall.
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What is the best cf card reader for ipad 3 available in uk

what is the best compact flash reader for the ipad 3, available in the uk that works with ios6. thks

You asked about CF, which is Compact Flash (which is larger than and different from SD cards). CF is used typically in higher end digital cameras.
Here is the CF reader I recommend:
Hoodman USB 3.0 Raw Steel UDMA Card Reader for CompactFlash and SD Cards
http://www.adorama.com/HNRAWUSB3.html?utm_source=ET&utm_medium=TransactionalEmai l&utm_campaign=2point0Product1
(also available from other sellers, including Amazon and many camera stores simply stock it on their shelf)
This product reads two kinds of cards -- CF and SD. It is very good at doing those two things (as opposed to cheap readers that read 20+ types of cards and are flimsy and don't work all that well and don't last).
This Hoodman device is ruggedly built, largely metal, and has a special pin guard "drop door" that protects the numerous delicate pins in the reader from accidental damage, which is what often happens to these CF readers -- namely a few of the many delicate pins get bent unintentionally after a period of use. This has been the bane of CF and its readers, those many delicate pins. This Hoodman design directly addresses the issue and from the reviews I've read and my daughter's experience with it, they seem to have succeeded.
It comes with USB 3.0, which is very fast (if you have the 3.0 port), and it works as USB 2.0 if you have the older interface. It reads the latest and fastest of the CF cards as well.

Hi anyone. Can I buy an SD card reader for my old Powerbook G4, OSX, 10.4.11 and it's only USB. I've never needed one previously but I now need to update the firmware on my camera. Can I get one, if so which one's best? Many thanks.

Hi anyone.
Can I buy an SD card reader for my old Powerbook G4, OSX, 10.4.11 and it's only USB.
I've never needed one previously but I now need to update the firmware on my camera.
Can I get one, if so which one's best? Many thanks.

Hello,
If it is a PowerBook G4 with a PC Card slot, you have two possibilities. You could buy a USB card reader for SD, or a PC Card adapter (such as SanDisk's 6-in-1adapter). Please note that you are or may be limited to plain SD (that is, not SDHC) unless otherwise noted. For a USB reader, make sure that it has Mac support. BTW, is an SD card absolutely necessary for the firmware update; is there not a way of updating via cable? If you post back with the camera model, someone may be able to provide additional information.
Jan

USB and Media Card Reader disabled after installing DM

I installed the DM 4.3 from the CD tonight. Hooked up the BB and everything worked fine. Loaded some music onto the media card and downloaded some pictures. Then I unhooked to see if the music was on the Blackberry, when I hooed it back up, it wouldn't recognize. I tried a few times, then uninstalled the software, re-installed, still nothing, then un-installed and downloaded 4.7 and installed, still nothing, now my computer doesn't recognize ANY USB ports (web-cam, Media Center Remote) and none of the Media Card reader drives are visible in My Computer. When I insert the SD card from my camera, nothing. I uninstalled 4.7 and still nothing. Now I'm worried..
Please tell me that I don't have to wipe the whole computer and start again.. Please!!
neuralgroove

About the SD and SDXC card slot
Mac 101: Connect your camera or camcorder
Which os are you using? If Lion - OS X Lion: Use an SD card
If another os please research Apple's Knowledge Base for troubleshooting suggestions pertaining to your os.
iPhoto '11: SD card
"We're sorry, but the Safari browser version you are using does not support the community toolbar" I'm not sure if all of these problems are related.
Post in the Safari community.
Mac Book Pro (around 18 months old)
If no other troubleshooting solutions are forthcoming and you have AppleCare, give them a call and get a case number. Otherwise,
take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you to get a proper diagnoses of what is actually going on.

Where find the 6in1 Media Card Reader (Mega180)?

Excuse me for my poor English! I'm Italian.
I buyed a PC Mega 180 "no deluxe" version and I want to buy also the optional 6in! Media Card Reader original for my Mega 180. Where I find it?
Thank's
Oreste

Escusez moi pour la réponse en italien...
Sorry for the italian answer...
Traurig für die italienische Antwort...
Pesaroso para a resposta italiana...
I sayd that if he buy an internal smart card reader BLACK he can mount it on the bay of 3.5" & the barebone is all black!!!

X200 with 3-1 Media Card Reader w/o modem available?

Hello
Is it possible to configure an x200 wtih the 3-1 Media Card Reader w/o Modem instead of the 5-1 Media Card Reader w/ Modem. Their is only one option for the x200 ( 5-1), however for the x200s the option for either one is available. So if call lenovo would I be able to get the 3-1 instead?
Note from Moderator: Added more descriptive subject.
Message Edited by nonny on 12-19-2008 08:14 PM

I am confused by this as well. I don't quite understand why it gives you the option of 3-1 without modem or 5-1 with modem. You would think the less capable card reader would go with the modem... The price was the same either way on the x200 so I just did 5-1 with modem. Still a bit unclear on Lenovo's part if you ask me.

Poll: What Media Card Reader to Buy?

My digital camera uses xD type M media card. The Camera is an Olympus SP-500UZ. I have found that a Lexar Media Card Reader (Model 22) will not work with my eMac. If you are successfully using the xD type M media card, please post the make and model number of the card reader you are using.
Thanks in advance for your reply.

Mectec -
This is not a direct answer to your question because I do not use xD media but you might check out this SanDisk 12-in-1 reader. It's specs indicate compatibility with Macs and handles the xD media.
I have found SanDisk to be an excellent manufacturer of readers. They want about US$35 for this reader. This PriceGrabber page lists over 40 sellers of this reader with prices starting at about US$24.
To make sure this reader is totally compatible, contact SanDisk tech support.
Good Luck. ..... Schadow
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Vivitar Media card reader. Read only?

Hello
Everyone I have a Vivitar Media card reader and every card I put in shows up read only? Any ideas?

Never reformat a camera's memory card using your Mac — always reformat the card or delete pictures from it using your camera's menu commands, not the Mac. A card that's been formatted on a Mac or had pictures added to or deleted from it by a Mac is likely to be found unusable by many cameras. Reformatting in the camera usually resolves that problem.
As for your card being seen as read-only by the Mac, that's not a drawback if you adhere to the practices I've recommended above. But if you want to use an SD card for something other than uploading photos from your camera to your Mac, then it's a pain, and the problem ha been reported here a number of times before. For some people, inserting the card very fast into the SD slot has remedied the problem. Others have found that they need to push the card slightly upward, downward or to one side or the other while inserting it, rather than just pushing it straight in. Still others have found that certain cards' locking sliders bind against the side of the slot and get pushed into the locked (read-only) position as the card is inserted. You can experiment with all these ideas and see what happens, but in some cases just switching to a different brand of card has been the answer. And while it's irksome to contemplate resorting to a USB card reader when you have what ought to be a perfectly good SD reader built into your computer, for some people that has been preferable to relying on an unreliable SD slot.

Stackable media card reader

Is there a "stackable" media card reader/writer for the Mac mini?

What is the status of this Mr. Howard? To send it in, you need to call in and speak to a rep.
If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
Please let me know if you were taken care of.
Good luck!
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PCMICA Media Card Reader only mounts once per session

After I restart and insert my PCMICA media card reader will show up on the desktop but only once. After I eject the card and reinstall it will not show up on the desktop. The card appears in the menu bar but no where else not on the desktop or in a finder sidebar. It acts like it is permanently ejected. The only solution is to restart which is time consuming during a photo-shoot (Sleep/Wake and Finder Relaunch do not solve this). I have two media card readers one for CF cards and a 4in1 for smaller cards. Both act in the same way and once one has been ejected the other wont mount as well. Both cards worked fine in system 10.3.9. System log does not show any difference in loading when it mounts and when it doesn't.

Well, I tried the hardware test and now we know it is a software problem(hardware checks out fine).
I checked out the Delkin website. That was disappointing. Looks like I need to buy more hardware to solve this one. Worse yet if I spend the $100 for two cards they wont work in my next laptop as I plan to get a MacBook as soon as PhotoShop is Intel ready.
So now the question is what do I do with this growing mountain of unusable peripherals. My business is small but we've bought a lot of macs. Close to 50 now. We had a few before Y2K and just before we replace all the PCs with iMacs and G4's. System 8.6 was great and every printer and reader and camera and scanner and external storage device (some going back to 1989) worked great. Now that we have "upgraded" the software so we can do really complicated things like properly viewing web pages and send authorized email nothing works right. I have faxes (Apple 56k in a G4) that can't detect detect dial tone when faxing but can connect to the internet as a modem. Printers that print fine in TextEdit (PS fonts and all) but can't print out of Excel. Dont even get me started about fonts. The list keeps growing and the only answer I hear is to replace perfectly good hardware with new stuff. Then when I do I find the software wont work. (I had to use a old laptop with 10.3 to run the latest software from Version to set up a friends home DSL.) I need to get out of this loop it is costing more than it's worth.

What's the Best Business-Card Scanner for Leopard?

Hello, All:
What's the best business-card scanner for the Mac, using Leopard? Anyone currently using one or know of one? Or two?
Thank you,
Dean

I use the IRIS card scan which works but is a long shot worse than the Cardscan which i used to have on a pc back in 2000.... there is currently no really good solution for business card scanning on the mac that i have seen.

Good compact flash card reader for PC slot? card types I and II

Thanks for your time.

Interesting.
I have a Sandisk SD(etc) card reader for my Powerbook's PC slot, and it eats CPU pretty effectively as well when importing into iPhoto - but so does reading from a USB 2 card reader. The PC card reader is slower than my USB reader, but the PC reader is way more convenient!
I've noticed that OS X seems to have more difficulty with PC cards than external readers. For example, last night my PC card quit - or so I thought. When I inserted my camera's card into the reader, it wouldn't read. I saw the PC Card item pop into the menubar of the finder, so I knew the card was functional. I plugged my card + camera in with it's USB cable, and it worked (transferred to iPhoto) just fine. I formatted the card, but while iPhoto recognized it via USB (via camera and external reader), it wouldn't via PC card. I rebooted a while later, and it began to work again - go figure. I've never had this sort of issue with USB gadgets, so It's a little odd.
BTW: I usually use a Kingston 1 GB SD, or one of a few 512 MB SDs from various brands.

T420s 4-in-1 media card reader adapter problem

I'm wondering if any other T420s owners have had this problem with the media card reader.
Until about two weeks ago, the laptop was working fine, or so I thought. I usually put the laptop to sleep mode instead of shutting it down completely just to speed up boot process. Then, two weeks ago, I tried shutting it down completely. It got all the way to the "shutting down" screen but it would not completely turn off unless I hold down the power button.
It took a while for me to figure out that the media card reader was preventing it from completely shutting down -- even after restoring it to factory settings. Hardware manager recognizes the controller. It also recognizes the card reader if an SD card is inserted but would not assign a drive letter to the reader (i.e., I cannot read the card).
This is what I've tried:
1. Uninstalled and re-installed the drivers for the smart card reader and the controller. That didn't work.
2. Restored the laptop to factory settings. That didn't work.
3. Uninstalled and deleted the drivers for the smart card reader and the controller, then downloaded and installed the latest drivers from the Lenovo website after restoring the laptop to factory settings. That didn't work.
The only common thing in the process is this: the laptop would not shut down completely if there is an SD card in the reader. I initially suspected that it was the SD card itself but I've tried it with four different SD cards and the results were all the same -- it would not shut down if the card was inserted. While displaying that "shutting down" screen, it will shut down immediately after I pull out the SD card, even if it's been hanging in that state for minutes.
I suspect that it is the card reader itself that's causing the problem, and that I need to have it replaced (the laptop is still under warranty). However, I thought I'd seek the advice of the experts out there and find out what their thoughts are.
Thanks.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

kytz01 wrote:
Just took it to an authorized service center in Gaithersburg, MD (about 10 minutes from my office). I hope it's simply a matter of replacing the card reader.
BTW, 4-in-1 reader doesn't mean much. It's just an SD, SDHC, SDXC and MMC reader. Pretty much the same form factor. Now if it can read both SD and CF cards, I'll be really happy (my DSLR uses CF).
Thanks to everyone who offered advice. I'll post the service center's findings when I get my laptop back.
Good luck!!!
Yeah I have/had the same problem I have a DSLR that uses both CF xD, my HP notebook mulitcard reader reads xD, SD (4GB), but no CF. CF is a big card so I can see that as a problem on some notebooks. However I also have a camera using the Memory Stick Pro and it goes into the same slot on my HP but as you said. Lenovo's reader is only supporting the SD series which is a bummer. I still have to use an external reader for two other cameras.
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Media card reader not working

Hi:
I have a Compaq Perserio A900 running Vista
My built in media card reader has stopped recognizing my cards when I put them it. Usually a green lite will light up on the card and then the auto run will pop up, but not nothing.
The only thing I've done recently was install a sandisk ultra backup 16gig flash drive hardware and I use the flash drive in the USB port that is just above the card reader.
I also have 2 other USB ports on the right side of the computer. I was going to use on of them for the flash drive, but they seem to be dead or something. I tried to plug my iphone into them and they do nothing, it doesn't charge or anything.
Do each USB's have to be dedicated to a particular pariphial?
I guess I can live with one USB working but I certainly need my card reader to work.
Help would be appreciated.

Hello,
the drivers are there:
http://support.lenovo.com/de/de/products/desktops-and-all-in-ones/lenovo-h-series-desktops/lenovo-h5...
http://support.lenovo.com/de/de/products/desktops-and-all-in-ones/lenovo-h-series-desktops/lenovo-h5...
It depends on the installed Card Reader.
Please try and give feedback if this helps.

Media card reader not reading in usb port

Usb problems? or is something set wrong? any thoughts?

Did you ever get your issue resolved? I'm having the same problem using a Targus card reader. I have used it for over a year. It has worked perfectly until the last few weeks. Today, we purchased another card reader. Iphoto still will not recognize it.

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