Failure to read 16gb SDHC card

White MacBook OS 10.6.8. I can download pictures from a 2gb card but a 16gb card does not even show in finder and cannot be downloaded. Any ideas why and any cure?

The card may not be of a format recognized
by the reader or the computer; so files on it
would not be loaded into the computer...
However, other issues may apply; as I have
a little experience with SD cards, formatting
and have found certain cards do not work in
cameras, and the compatibility varies.
If the card appears on the desktop as a disk
you can click once & use Get Info from the
menu bar, to see what it says about SDHC.
Mine were formatted in FAT-16; so the old
camera saw them. A later FAT-32 would
not work in the camera and could not be
reformatted backward to the old camera.
So other rules likely apply. If the card is also
used with a camera, it may allow you to see
contents of a card via the camera's circuitry.
If so, see if you can get stuff off via camera
and don't use the card reader.
Some cards have different data rates, &
other specs can make them incompatible.
Not sure why that is, with your product.
Good luck & happy computing!

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