Plugging in an external reader gives all the normal functions I would expect from the internal reader. Here I get back to the normal bad behavior of the system acknowledging that a reader is installed, but won't respond a card being inserted.Ħ. I let this process continue about 2 minutes before quitting the app, and restarting without a card installed. The oddest, and possibly most telling thing about this type of restart is that running launching Disk Utility results in and endless spinning beachball while the utility goes on an endless quest.

But, alas, not disk icon yet appears on the desktop.

After a restart is completed, the card reader info in the system report shows both the card reader info, and the SD card info below that. Shutting down, unplugging the Mini for 30 seconds or so, plugging in back in and waiting 30 seconds, then inserting a card and then restarting results in some of the strangest behaviors. Mostly though, it shows the reader's presence.ĥ. Normal rebooting with or without a card in the slot will usually result in more of the same, with the card reader info showing or not showing a card reader present. Even when the card reader info appears in the System Report, It has never in any my attempts related here, ever appeared in the Disk Utility App.Ĥ.

Messing with the slot eventually leads to this info suddenly reporting that no card reader is installed. My internal card reader appears in the System Info under Card Reader- most of the time. Don't panic and start jamming things into the slot. opening the Image Capture app or reinserting a card or various cleaning methods), none have resulted in the card reader behaving normally for me, although I can get the slot to behave predictably in useless ways.Ģ. This reader trouble is a common issue and, as yet, among all of the various cures and fixes posted by some users on youtube, (i.e. I have a 2010 Mac Mini and cannot get SD cards to appear on the desktop with High Sierra. I've spent the last two days gathering info on this problem.

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