My Imac has stopped recognizing my phone SIM card.  ??????

I have successfully uploaded pics from my phone to my Imac utilizing the SIM card from the phone, in an adaptor pushed into the small slot on the right side of the machine.  After successfully uploading pics off my phone the other day, I removed the card by hand as usual, and an odd msg came up "not shutdown properly" or something like that.  I pushed the card back in, nothing happened, so I moved the Icon to the trash thinking that might close it.  But now when I try to insert the Sim card, nothing happens - no icon, no Iphoto, I can't seem to get anything I can work with.  The help desk says it might be mechanical, but it seems like a coincidence?  Any ideas?

No idea what you are doing, but Mac's don't have SIM readers.  And even if they did that is an EXTREAMLY difficult, slow and dangerus way to transfer pics.  When the phone is connected for syncing you can just copy your picutres over using iPhoto (Mac) or iTunes (Windows).  Is the SIM card still working in the phone?  If so I would put it in the phone and leave it there.  If you break it or short it out you will have to buy another one from your phone company and have it activated again.  Which will probalby cost you $20 - $50.

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