

MacRumors reported that its readers listed a wide range of issues in its discussion thread. Some users are now complaining about slow transfer speeds, inaccessible files, and even crashes. Though the comeback of the slot was one of the highlights of the device, it is plagued with varied issues.

The company have reportedly told the users who contacted them that they are aware of the issue and a fix will be available soon in a future software update.The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros are reportedly having issues with the SD card reader slot. 100% of my cards work perfectly via a dongle.”Īpple is yet to officially acknowledge the problem and it is unclear if it is a hardware glitch or a software issue. Sandisk, Sony, Samsung, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, UHS-I, UHS-II, micro-SD, FAT32, exFAT, makes no difference. Reformatting, even to all other possible formats, makes no difference. “ The only thing that is consistent is that if a card works, it always works, and if a card does not work properly it never works properly. One forum-goer, named wilberforce, noted that they could access 100% of the cards using a third-party external card reader.

However, the same format works fine with an external USB Type-C adapter. Some users tried formatting the SD card via the MacBook Pro but the problem did not get resolved in most cases. But Photos on the MBP using the internal SD card slot takes minutes to show photos and sometimes crashes half way through. I have a fairly new 64GB SD card which had been working fine. I was hoping that import from SD card including preview of images would be quick on my new 14″ MBP. While another MacRumors reader 2Stepfan wrote: “It’s very frustrating. All my cards work as expected in my 3 other USB card readers.” I tried reformatting them w/ the MBP and that didn’t seem to make a difference. These are all Sandisk Ultra cards, both XC and HC, that were formatted in my camera. Half the time it’ll recognize the card successfully (though it takes anywhere from 30s to 1m) and half the time it’ll throw an error.

Just seems to be super flakey and inconsistent. For instance, one MacRumors reader Wildct wrote: “Same issues with 14″ M1 Pro.
