I'm not able to use my SD card on my MacBook Pro after I upgraded the OS to El Capitan. I tried to reset PRAM without success. Consider that if I put the SD card on another Mac it works perfectly. Any suggestions?
MacOS – SD Card not readable after upgrading to El Capitan
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I seemed to have the same problem with the SD card not showing up but when I opened iPhoto it just loaded my photo's off of my sd card. I have a sandisk SD card. Hope it helps :)
As far as I know it's not supposed to be listed under the USB devices at least in Yosemite and El Capitan, not really sure about Mavericks.
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I would install the older OS to another USB drive so that you can verify that the new OS is really causing the issue and it's not a hardware failure.
When you boot to the old OS (hold option key when booting to choose which OS of the ones connected) run
diskutil listto check the filesystem on the SD card.It's unlikely that it's a format that's no longer included in the new OS. It's more likely that you'll find the card itself faulty or the hardware has changed and needs to be cleaned (lint can obscure one pin connector) or repaired. You can also get a USB to SD card reader to avoid needing to reinstall the old OS just to eliminate the SD card reader as a potential source of the problems on the Mac with the new OS.