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TheDreamingHawk

1. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 01:49 GMT

Sorry for the title, but I need help ASAP. I plugged in my 8 GB SD card to move the data to my backup folder on my mac, but it's not reading the card on my mac... It's not showing up as something to eject or anything, and I don't know what to do! HELP! I DON'T WANNA LOSE MY DATA

Edited on Sat 2nd February, 2013 @ 01:57 by TheDreamingHawk

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2. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 01:56 GMT

Oh, and BTW, My grandma uses a 10 port USB Dog thing for the mac... Is that causing anything?

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mudjo

3. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 01:57 GMT

Where's this data from? Is eShop games? Photos off a camera?

Try putting the card back where you put the stuff on it – that should help identify whether the data's gone, or just not being read.

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4. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 01:58 GMT

mudjo wrote:

Where's this data from? Is eShop games? Photos off a camera?

Try putting the card back where you put the stuff on it – that should help identify whether the data's gone, or just not being read.

Everything on my 3DS, Retail games and all. I put it in a vivitar SD card reader and it didn't show up on my desktop. Now I'm scared to remove it as I don't want it to corrupt...

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5. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:00 GMT

If the SD card's not doing anything, then it won't corrupt, but you can't be sure that it's not doing anything behind the scenes. I believe that it will be fine, but I wouldn't take my word for it. Just try to identify where the fault is – the data, the card, the reader or the mac.

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6. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:01 GMT

mudjo wrote:

If the SD card's not doing anything, then it won't corrupt, but you can't be sure that it's not doing anything behind the scenes. I believe that it will be fine, but I wouldn't take my word for it. Just try to identify where the fault is – the data, the card, the reader or the mac.

Should I power off my mac and try again? I need to remove it to put it back in but I'm scared...

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7. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:01 GMT

Ie:
Does the card work on other systems?
Do other cards work on the systems?
Does the reader read other cards?

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8. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:01 GMT

My SD card doesn't appear on my desktop on my Mac, I have to go into finder and it shows up.
Did you try that?

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9. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:02 GMT

mudjo wrote:

Ie:
Does the card work on other systems?
Do other cards work on the systems?
Does the reader read other cards?

It's read the same card before, and I use it every day on 3DS

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10. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:02 GMT

TysonOfTime wrote:

My SD card doesn't appear on my desktop on my Mac, I have to go into finder and it shows up.
Did you try that?

No. It's not on the side. Where would it be?

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11. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:02 GMT

Powering off's probably safer, I'd wager that you're fine but you should really ask an expert.

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12. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:04 GMT

mudjo wrote:

Powering off's probably safer, I'd wager that you're fine but you should really ask an expert.

Calling NOA maybe? Also I looked up the 3DS folder in the finder and nothing came up.

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13. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:06 GMT

OK, I am calling NOA now, currently on hold and I'll provide Live updates.

(PS, TBD, do NOT, NOT. Lock this until it's done. It's urgent to me)

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Happy_Mask

14. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:06 GMT

A nice gent helped me when I needed to move mine without an sd card slot on my computer, the solution he presented was a good one, get a USB to SD card drive, and the computer will read it as a USB(you can still perform the transfer the same way). :3

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15. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 02:06 GMT

Happy_Mask wrote:

A nice gent helped me when I needed to move mine without an sd card slot on my computer, the solution he presented was a good one, get a USB to SD card drive, and the computer will read it as a USB(you can still perform the transfer the same way). :3

My mac has no SD card drive, that's why I use vivtars

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16. Posted: Sat 2nd Feb 2013 03:07 GMT

Oh phew...

Thanks to NOA, I got it all fixed. My 8 GB is now 16 GB. Lock now please!

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