Need to check and view camera photos, pictures or videos on a Macbook Air and Pro? This guide is for you, which provides users with several feasible solutions to connect a camera/phone/game console SD card to Mac, and how to view pictures from SD card on Mac even when the SD card has a corruption issue.
Q1: What are devices using SD card?
Q2: How to access and view files from an SD card?
Q3: What's the problem with checking SD card photos/videos on Mac?
Today's topic is about how to view pictures from an SD card on Mac, like a Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. According to the three questions in the beginning, we learned that there are still many devices are using an SD card to store data, and connecting an SD card to Mac seems to be simple and operable. Despite that, you can still face the problem of not being able to access the SD card data due to the connection issue or SD card issue. Next, we'll guide you through several common issues and fixes of SD card not showing up on Mac.
#1. First, check the SD card slot on either side. Make sure that the lock switch is turned off. Otherwise, your SD card will be recognized as read only file system on Mac, which will prevent you from making changes to the card.
#2. Then check if your Mac has an SD card slot that lets you directly insert the SD card into the slot for connection.
These Mac models have an SD card slot:
For devices that don't have the SD card slot, you need to prepare a USB-C to SD card reader for connection.
#3. The SD card disk icon is not showing up on the macOS desktop as normal. This problem can be the reason for the system settings, or it's because the SD card has been corrupted. Both troubles have a solution. Let's move on.
Fix 1. Show "external hard disk" in Disk Utility:
Fix 2. Repair a corrupted SD card with First Aid:
#4. SD card is connected and recognized, but photos and videos are missing. This can be a headache thing for most camera users. Once you're caught up in this situation, to be able to view pictures from the SD card, you need to perform SD card recovery with the help of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac.
You can watch the following video to learn how to recover missing photos with the best SD card recovery software. If you don't know how to install EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac, follow the guides in this video:
Step 1. Select the SD card
Note: Before data recovery, you'd better click "Disk Backup" from the left sidebar to create a backup of your SD card to avoid further data loss. After backing up the SD card, the software can recover data from your SD card backup, and you can remove the SD card and use it again.
Step 2. Filter lost SD card data
After the scan, all files will be presented in the left panel in the scan results. Find wanted photos, videos, and other files.
Step 3. Preview and recover data
Preview the SD card data and select the wanted files. Then, click the "Recover" button. Don't save the recoverable files to the SD card itself in case of data overwriting.
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