on 21/11/05 3:58 PM, Nancy McIntyre at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 21/11/2005, at 5:04 AM, J Philippe Chaperon in WAMUG Mailing List > digest wrote: > >> I use a SanDisk 512MB (SD Card) in my Lumix LZ30, which seems to works >> OK in >> the camera, however I just cannot read the card when inserted in my >> Transcend' card reader connected to my G5 1.8Mhz dual, running OS X >> 3.3.9. >> The card reader is connected to a USB 2.0 powered hub. >> >> I have used Disk Utility to try to mount the SD disk on the desktop, >> but >> nothing happened. I also tried to reformat the card but Disk Utility >> bombed >> with the dreaded beach-ball. Disk Utility was able to detect the Card, >> its >> size etc, but was unable to mount it on the desktop. > > Howdy J Philippe, > > I had a similar problem with a San Disk card reader, so hied me to the > Google and found that Mac and SanDisk are not friends for a lot of > users. > The summary of a lot of technical stuff I read was that SanDisk > components are not "standards compatible" - something about their > drawing too much power via usb. Macs don't like this I understand. > > This research was done around a year ago, so things may have changed. >
Hi Nancy, Many thanks for the info. I have today taken the SanDisk to the shop where I bought the camera, and he tried it in a Win laptop without any problems at all !!! I just could not tell the guy I have a Mac. So it looks like I'll have to buy a memory card from another manufacturer, but which one? Regards, Philippe PS I'm definitely going with Westnet for broadband. Made up my mind this past week-end.
