Dear WAMUG'ers, Again, many thanks to all who gave me suggestions. I have tried most of those and finally someone lent me a SanDisk ImageMate reader ($49), and this reader mounted the 512MB SD (SanDisk) card immediately. I was able to download the photos and delete them from the disk.
So it looks like somehow the 'Transcend' reader was having problem in reading the 512MB card. Although it has read Sony's chewing-gum Stick, and smaller sized SD cards - 128MB, 32MB without any problems, maybe it was not able to read the larger SD cards. The Transcend card would have been the first or among the 1st generation of USB2 card reader, so maybe the technology has since improved beyond its capabilities. Anyway, problem solved. Just thought you may wish to know the outcome. All the best, Philippe on 21/11/05 9:43 PM, RHowells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 21/11/2005, at 9:12 PM, Shay Telfer 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. > > > > But is it working as a USB 2.0 ????? > Is there perhaps a USB 1 device also plugged into that hub ??? > > Bob > > > > >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> Nancy M >
