Week old Macbook Air 2014 won't recognize SD card? At all?

I just bought my first apple computer, and I'm still adjusting to this whole mac thing, but my mac air won't recognize my fully functioning SD card? My PC could read it however.
Is there a program am I supposed to download or something? I made sure the SD card is unlocked and someone even told me to blow in the slot and I did and had someone laugh at me...
I don't know if this is useful info but it's a SanDisk SDHC 32gb card. I'm travelling in like a week and seriously need to empty out my SD card on my laptop. Thank you.

Then I would try a different brand of card. If you still have a problem, then I would make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service. Or switch to USB flash drives.

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The system report in my 3 weeks old macbook air says that there is no battery installed but my macbook has a built in battery and currently it's working using the charger so what to do??

the system report in my 3 weeks old macbook air says that there is no battery installed but my macbook has a built in battery

Try a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3964
If no success, reinstall the OSX.
If still no success, contact Apple support. A new MBA has 90 days of free Apple support.
Ciao.

Week Old MacBook Air - Random Kernel Panics - NEED HELP!

Specs : MacBook Air 11" - i7 - 8GB RAM - 256 SSD
I have had this laptop for a little over a week now and continuously keep having KPs, what seem to be random and not tied to any specific program, just seems to happen while I am download a file from the internet. Frustrating because I can not even download the update form 10.8.0 -> 10.8.2!!!
I have done the following:
     -Reset PRAM
     -Reset SMC
     -Restored from SCRATCH
     -Disconnected all peripherals
     -Tested RAM with memtest (OK)
     -Tested HDD with DiskUtility (OK)
I would just bring it back to an Apple store, but I live in the Dominican Republic and picked it up while I was passing through Miami.
Below is the log form the most recent KP.
Please help!
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1811 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          4
Anonymous UUID:                    900ACA5A-D722-406E-BB0E-91DFDB462AC7
Thu Jan 24 19:50:46 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800b0b7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8be30af3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000001, CR3: 0x000000000d251000, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0x000000000000004a, RBX: 0xffffff80f479e094, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000006
RSP: 0xffffff80f2f7bbb0, RBP: 0xffffff80f2f7bbe0, RSI: 0xffffff80f47fb900, RDI: 0xffffff80f47d6d00
R8: 0xffffff80f479e0aa, R9: 0x0000000000000001, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffff80
R12: 0xffffff80f479e09c, R13: 0xffffff80f47f0008, R14: 0xffffff80f47fb900, R15: 0xffffff801ced0b00
RFL: 0x0000000000010217, RIP: 0xffffff7f8be30af3, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000001, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80f2f7b850 : 0xffffff800b01d5f6
0xffffff80f2f7b8c0 : 0xffffff800b0b7b95
0xffffff80f2f7ba90 : 0xffffff800b0ce4ad
0xffffff80f2f7bab0 : 0xffffff7f8be30af3
0xffffff80f2f7bbe0 : 0xffffff7f8be30921
0xffffff80f2f7bc50 : 0xffffff7f8be2e288
0xffffff80f2f7bcc0 : 0xffffff7f8bdff261
0xffffff80f2f7bd20 : 0xffffff7f8bdff42b
0xffffff80f2f7bdc0 : 0xffffff7f8bdff551
0xffffff80f2f7bdf0 : 0xffffff7f8b79bb36
0xffffff80f2f7be30 : 0xffffff7f8b79730e
0xffffff80f2f7be60 : 0xffffff800b447b6a
0xffffff80f2f7bec0 : 0xffffff7f8b797375
0xffffff80f2f7bf10 : 0xffffff7f8b79b9f1
0xffffff80f2f7bf40 : 0xffffff800b13d502
0xffffff80f2f7bfb0 : 0xffffff800b0b2677
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.0)[4DB5B398-8957-33F6-9EC1-0D45D80769DD]@0 xffffff7f8b78f000->0xffffff7f8b7b9fff
         com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331(600.15.20)[C4684DBB-8E98-3DD8-A0E7-25D95E373A 94]@0xffffff7f8bdf1000->0xffffff7f8bfe2fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8C9E06A4-13D0-33F5-A377-9E36F0ECC229]@0xffffff 7f8b64d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(500.15)[3CA3EBF7-D5C1-3819-9346-BE648FC7644E]@0xf fffff7f8bd85000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.0)[4DB5B398-8957-33F6-9EC1-0D45D80769DD]@0 xffffff7f8b78f000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12A269
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 8D5F8EF3-9D12-384B-8070-EF2A49C45D24
Kernel slide:     0x000000000ae00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800b000000
System model name: MacBookAir5,1 (Mac-66F35F19FE2A0D05)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 4847435459396
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last unloaded kext at 66114717721: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f8ca8d000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
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Model: MacBookAir5,1, BootROM MBA51.00EF.B02, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.4f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434353153364D465238412D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434353153364D465238412D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE9), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.20)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM256E, 251 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1d100000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2512, 0x1d180000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0249, 0x1d182000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1d181000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821f, 0x1d181300 / 7
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8510, 0x1a110000 / 3

jfontestad wrote:
After doing an extensive Hardware Test, I believe that I found the culprit. Looks like my "brand new" Macbook Air came with a faulty hdd. Seems to me as if Apple is starting to cut corners and be the Apple of old... Using their image to demand premium price and maximize profit while progressively using cheaper and cheaper parts within their products.
1. You clearly have no understanding of statistics and failure rate. Even a company with the most efficient and best products will have a certain rate of failure (even some products arriving dead on arrival), regardless of how much they do or do not spend on components and quality control.
2. Apple doesn't manfacture the hard drives.
3. How do you know how much they spend on parts?

MacBook Air 2014 won't go to sleep

checked my settings, it won't go to sleep and for months now when I try to wake it up will randomly not respond for 30-45 seconds. Screen remains black and my curser will show up.

Blank (lighted, but black) screen with cursor at bootup
[SOLVED] - Macbook Air Sleep/Wake problem
Dark screen on start-up can only see curser

Why doesn't my 3-week old MacBook Air 13" shutdown in about 3 seconds anymore? It now takes about 10 seconds to do so. Last major activity I can think of is the software upgrade which I did yesterday.

My MacBook Air is barely a month and it suddenly shuts down way slower than it used to. It used to take just 3 seconds. I do not have much installed, except for an HP Printer and the MS Office suite. It shut down just as fast even after I installed them.. I noticed it shut down at least about 10 seconds sometime after I updated the software yesterday to Mac OS X version 10.7.1. Is this nornal? I would prefer the snappier shut down process.:-(

My MacBook Air is barely a month and it suddenly shuts down way slower than it used to. It used to take just 3 seconds. I do not have much installed, except for an HP Printer and the MS Office suite. It shut down just as fast even after I installed them.. I noticed it shut down at least about 10 seconds sometime after I updated the software yesterday to Mac OS X version 10.7.1. Is this nornal? I would prefer the snappier shut down process.:-(

I have no sound from my 6 week old Macbook Air any help??

Need some help, my Macbook Air does not have sound, have tried switch everything off and on. Tried head phones nothing, disabled energy saver etc. Not impressed with this Mac had a sony for 6 year and no a bit of bother. Stuck on a platform in the persian Gulf so no communication with family at home on facetime Thanks a lot APPLE!!!!!!

did you put your Air to sleep with headphones attached, or closed the monitor with phones attached?
Do not sleep your Air (close the monitor with headphones attached) with headphones attached, this is known to affect some Air under Mavericks.
* this occurrence is being looked into.
Much testing on my own and others as well show that, in some instances, this occurs in Mavericks.
If you choose you may contact Apple for an appt and diagnostics.
However as said, refrain from having phones attached when you close the monitor to prevent this until it is resolved
SMC reset and re verify
SMC reset
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.

Two-week old MacBook Air is dead

I bought the completely maxed out 11-inch MacBook Air for my wife on Monday, Aug. 8. This came a few days after the hard drive in my Rev A MacBook Air died for the third time and needed to be replaced and after the hard drive in her 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro failed that morning.
She's loved the machine until tonight. She has it hooked up to the Apple 30-inch monitor. At about 7 p.m., we wanted to test AirDrop. She wasn't seeing my iMac and I wasn't seeing her Air from where they are, at opposite ends of the house. So she unhooked her Air and brought it to me. We saw each other and I sent her a picture via AirDrop.
I then took the computer back and put it into its place. I walked away and it was working fine. A half-hour later, she came back and said to me, "What did you do to my computer? It's not working." And sure enough, it was dead. Completely dead.
When I unhooked it, I noticed that the battery was fully charged. And when it was dead, I could see the green MagSafe Lite glowing. I hooked it to a different MagSafe in a different outlet and nothing.
I tried to start holding Option, as well as Command-R, but got no response.
It's very disconcerting. Anyone have any thoughts?

KevinIole wrote:
... what he did was to remove the hard drive from the Air I had purchased, and put it into a new Air, same make, model, etc.
A local Apple Store did the same for me when I had a faulty logic board on my MBP a few years ago. I was not able to perform a backup, as the unit would only work for 15 minutes or so into each backup attempt before it would shutdown. The good guys there swapped my hard drive into a new unit, and life was good.
I have been a loyal Apple customer, ever since (bought 3 more Macs after that).

Macbook Air 2014 won't power up

I have a MB Air, new summer of 2014. Upgraded to Yosemite this last week. Today it won't turn on. Occasionally I get the chime, but the screen stays black. I have the green LED on the charger, so I assume fully charged.
Any ideas?

Try booting from the Recovery HD. If you are unable to do that, then make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service.
Boot Using Command+R keys:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
"COMMAND" and the "R" keys together.
3. Release the keys when the Utilities Menu appears.
If this does work, then do this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion or Lion
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

How do I transfer files from my old macbook air with a broken screen to my new macbook air?

I've got a broken screen on my old macbook air and I can't see ANYTHING AT ALL on it.
Is there a way so I can connect both computers and copy the files from the old broken one to the new one?
I've tried to connect on my tv but I couldn't seen anything at all...

Use Target Disk Mode:
https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661
Ciao.

Macbook Air 2014 hinges loose

Dear Everyone,
The first i want said sorry about my english is not good
I just bought a 13" MBA a 20 days ago, after 2 weeks of usage, i noticed the hinge were kind of loose whenever i lift the MBA up, the screen/display will tilt backwards easily. Thus i call to the service centre to ask about it issue , the technician mentioned that he will tighten the hinge and do not worry but But I think a new product within 20 days of purchase, but must go to a service center, it is so bad
Anybody encounter the same issue as well? Should i go to the service centre for repair it ? Actually if not better more and do not want use apple computer anymore, default i love machine and OS software and even used over 3 years from the macbook pro, Retina and now macbook air 2014. The first is battery and now hinges is loose.
Regards,
Hien Duong

It's under warranty. Take it in for service.

Macbook Air 2014 is very slow after waking from sleep

Constantly, when using my Macbook Air 2014 without power cord (which I am required to do at College), when my laptop goes to sleep, and I then immediately click to wake it up, it takes at least 20 seconds before the log on screen will come up. The machine has also crashed twice in the past week. Is there a solution for this?

You posted in the iPad forum instead of the Mac Book Air forum. To get answers to your question, next time post in the proper forum. See https://discussions.apple.com/welcome I'll request that Apple relocate your post.
 Cheers, Tom

USB 3.0 external drive extremely slow on Macbook Air 2014

Dear Apple Support Team & Folks in Apple Community,
Seriously, I have a problem with my new Macbook Air 2014 which has equipped with USB 3.0 port. I read through the forum and hardly find a solution for this.
Recently, I plugged in my USB 3.0 external drive and expect that it would reach the same file transfer speed as that on my PC. Instead of 625 MB/s (5 Gbit/s), it was hardly reaching 60 MB/s (480 Mbit/s) to my surprise! Sounds like Macbook Air doesn't recognize USB 3.0 device properly. I have tried Western Digital and Seagate devices but failed to get reasonable transfer speed on my Macbook Air.
I tried it again with my USB 2.0 external drive on Macbook Air and only got the transfer speed around 15 - 20 MB/s which is disappointing.
Any patches or Firmware updates would be appreciate!
I have OS X 10.9.3 already with EFI and SMC update patched by App Store.

I would be interested to know which consumer grade non-raid external harddisk that could reach 6xx mb/sec.
The speed you mentioned should be normal, since most of these are 5400rpm drives (asumming it is 2.5 inch).

Replacing my 2 week old Macbook Pro.

i've had my MacBook Pro for about 2 weeks now
within the first week i noticed problems with my display, well lid.
it has bubbles on the top of the lid, the edge of the screen is popped out, and the lid won't close evenly
now, if i go to an Apple Store and tell them my problems with a 2 WEEK OLD MACBOOK PRO,
will they replace my current MacBook Pro? or will they just replace the screen?
and i do have Apple Protection Plan for 3 years..

well is it possible for them to fix it there?
oh and how long could that take for them to send it to apple?
sorry if im in anyway pushy or something
its just this is my first macbook pro and i dont want to be going back and forth to the apple store whch is an hour away from me.. thank you
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My macbook air 2014 A1465 liquid damage

my macbook air 2014 A1465 was damaged due to liquid spill, i clean it out and got it working but it won't charge. no light when plugged in. but does work, means it is getting electricity but no lights and not charging. i reset SMC still no lights.

You will have to take it in to an authorized service place for testing/repair.

Is Macbook Air still relevant? Should I go for refurbished Macbook Air (2014) or Pro (2014)??

Hi Friends,
I need your help in making the decision on Mac. I am buying a refurbished Mac. Here are the options before me:
1. 13' Macbook Air (2014). 4GB RAM, 256 GB SSD. Price: AUD 1179/-
2. 13' Macbook Pro (2014). 8GB RAM, 128 GB SSD. Price: AUD 1359/-
3. 13' Macbook Pro (2014). 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD. Price: AUD 1569/-
My personal favorites are 1st and 3rd options (due to 256GB SSD). There is significant price gap between these two.
This would be my first Mac. I already have a 15 inch Windows Laptop with 4'th gen i5-4200 U CPU, 8GB RAM, 2GB GeForce GT 740M Graphics card, 1366*768 resolution. I am keeping the Windows laptop as well. So, I won't be using VMs or Boot-camp for now. I would use is mostly for light work, like - browsing, taking backup of iPhone, movies, photos, etc.
But I have following doubts.
A. Would Macbook Air be relevant in the market after launch of new retina Macbook?
B. Would 4GB of RAM be sufficient for next, say, three years?
C. Would the lack of retina display in MBA be a problem in future? (Personally, I did not find much difference (may be, my bad) for 13' screen.)
D. If I decide to go for MBP with 8 GB RAM, but only 128 GB SSD, would it be preferable over (4GB RAM with 256GB SSD of MBA) or (8GB RAM with 128GB SSD of MBP)?
E. Finally, What is your opinion after looking at above three options and their respective pricing?
Thanks a lot for your patience and help mates! Cheers!

Until a month ago my main computer was a 13" 2011 MBA (4GB w/ 256GB SSD) when I replaced it with a 13" 2015 MBP retina (8GB w/ 512GB SSD). The MBA is now my backup computer (and will remain my travel computer). I bought the MBPr when it became time to replace the Air due to the display pure and simple. My older eyes appreciate the incredibly clear display and the fact that changing between its default resolutions all result in crystal clear text. Using the Air for hours at a time, with some apps, my eyes became fatigued and while I could change the resolution for larger text, the text was fuzzy. The MBPr is a dream. However the Air is significantly lighter and thinner and much nicer to travel with. Were my eyes better I'd have chosen the 2015 Air.
I strongly recommend 8GB of RAM and a minimum of 256GB SSD. Depending on what software you use, 4GB will be sufficient now but three years down the road? I doubt it. Each new version of the OS has required more memory. With Mavericks (OS X 10.9) the 4GB was fine but with Yosemite I now see a moderate level of what Apple now calls memory pressure. That means my computer is now relying heavily on virtual memory. I suspect that with 10.11 and certainly 10.12 (or whatever Apple calls the next two versions of its OS) I'll have to change how I use the Air. In other words I won't be able to run 3-5 programs at a time which is how I prefer to work.

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