MCU Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I'm having an issue where my SD card isn't being recognised. I've tried it in my (2013) Macbook and my electronic drum module. It's not recognising on either device which is telling me there's an issue with the card itself. Is there something I should be doing? The card has a little lock catch on the left which is set correctly. I've pretty much exhausted looking round on the internet and come to the conclusion it's the card itself which is shit. I bought it last January, obviously accepted it wouldn't work and just didn't bother with it since. FWIW, it's this one. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00519BEQY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 2, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 2, 2022 Have you tried (firstly) disk utility on the Mac? Does it show up there? If not, try opening terminal and then typing diskutil list That should then show a text list of disks and partitions, something like diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 121.1 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +121.1 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 62.5 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 404.5 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume VM 5.4 GB disk1s4 5: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 15.8 GB disk1s5 You may see your card listed, identifiable by its size. e.g /dev/disk2 (external): 16 GB If you do there’s stuff you can do to try and sort it out. Probably best to report back, first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I had an issue where the micro so card in my dash cam just died one day. Couldn’t do anything with it, luckily the replacement was only about a fiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, blandy said: Have you tried (firstly) disk utility on the Mac? Does it show up there? If not, try opening terminal and then typing diskutil list That should then show a text list of disks and partitions, something like diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 121.1 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +121.1 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 62.5 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 404.5 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume VM 5.4 GB disk1s4 5: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 15.8 GB disk1s5 You may see your card listed, identifiable by its size. e.g /dev/disk2 (external): 16 GB If you do there’s stuff you can do to try and sort it out. Probably best to report back, first Thanks for this. Yeh I did try searching in disk utility and nothing came up. Just tried the diskutil list. Doesn't look like great... looking for a 32gb'er. Spoiler #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 499.9 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +499.9 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume ';;lkjgfdsazxcvbnm,... 68.0 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 25.1 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 525.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume VM 4.3 GB disk1s4 5: APFS Volume ';;lkjgfdsazxcvbnm,.: 11.1 GB disk1s5 apples-MacBook-Air-4:~ apple$ Going to pop down to a shop tomorrow after work and pick a different one up (hopefully not too expensive) and try that. If that works, I'm guessing I was one of the unlucky ones getting a dud one off Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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