HELP!!! My Card reader is not working!

My card reader is not working and this is extremely frustrating when trying to transfer data from one device to my my macbook pro. Is there any one out there that can help me with this issue?

Some people (me included) have found the problme to be a stuck contact inside the socket on the MacBook Pro. The far left contact appears to get stuck in the "inserted" position (depressed) and fails to signal to the computer that a new card has been inserted. This contact is partially hidded behind an alignment key molded into the socket. One fix is to carefully (and I mean carefully) use a toothpick to gently prod the contact into its "not-inserted" position (it will pop up and work afterwards). If you aren't comfortable doing this yourself, you can get an inexpensive card reader that connects via USB as a workaround.
If the computer is still under warranty (or you have AppleCare), take it in and let Apple or an AASP fix it for you.

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