IMac – 2017 iMac won’t read SDXC Card

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I did not find any solution for my problem, so I'm asking this here:

My 2017 iMac won't read a 128 GByte SDXC Card (used to store photos in my Canon 5D Mk IV). It mounts and (most of the time) the files show up in Finder. But if I try to copy or import any of the photos from the card (for example into Lightroom), my mac tells me that it can't read the file because it's corrupt or something. I tried several solutions from this and other forums, but none fixed the problem.

The Filesystem is ExFAT and it's a Lexar (95 MByte/s) SDXC Card. My iMac has no problems to read from a 64 GByte SD Card from Samsung.

My PC and Windows Laptop can copy files from both cards without any problems (so it cannot be corrupt files or a corrupt filesystem).

Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Frank

Best Answer

I have a similar problem with my iMac 2017 and a 128 GB SD card (SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-1).

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250474343?answerId=250905207022#250905207022

My iMac (OS 10.14.6) refuse to mount the 128 GB card.

It's a brand new card and I use it in my digital camera. The card works as it should in my camera and I'm also able to mount the card on my Macbook Pro (2009) OS 10.11.6.

I have other SD cards (32 GB) that I can mount on my iMac, so I know that there is no hardware problem with my iMac's card reader.

It's weird that the 128 GB card works on an older Macbook Pro which is running an older version of Mac OS. But it doesn't work on a newer model (iMac 2017) which is running the latest Mac OS version.

I think it is a software bug that Apple needs to fix. Although I have a feeling that Apple does not prioritize it. So the best thing is to use another computer than Apple and their latest OS, or to not use 128 GB cards with your Apple computer.

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