Usb device recognition on 10.8

After a recent upgrade to Mountian Lion (10.8) on my MacBook I can no longer see any device I plug into the USB port that contains an SD card. Rather frustrating as I now cant download any of my Garmin data I need.
Any suggestiions please?

i think this is something to do with os x 10.8.4. it happend after the x.x.4 update. check out this screen shot and see how the personal hotspot with iphone seems different in the menu bar. i dont know from where a pppoe menu came from!?
the icon is also a regular wifi icon instead of the pairing one.

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