How to format sd card on Macbook Pro or Macbook Air computer? Your Macbook Pro or Macbook Air device may not recognize your SD card. There can be several reasons for this problem. indeed, if the SD card does not appear on the desktop of your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer, it may first be due to the state of cleanliness and operation of your SD card. The same goes for the SD card reader. It should not be cluttered with dust or dirt.Also check that the SD card is not striped, cassée, twisted ou damaged. If this is the case, you will have to buy a new SD card. Or, your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer may not detect the SD card because you haven't set up Finder to display the SD card on your Apple device's desktop. You will then have to check the options in the Finder. Finally, it is also possible that your SD card is not not compatible with your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer. In this case, it will be necessary to formatting SD card.

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Why format SD card on Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer

You may need to format SD card on a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer, simply to free up space on the latter, or you get rid of its contents. You should know that before formatting the SD card, it is imperative to make sure you have saved its content on an external device, another computer, or iCloud. Indeed, formatting an SD card will erase irreversibly absolutely all of its content. It may also be that your SD card either not compatible with your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer. In this case, your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer will be unable to read SD card. Do not panic, in this case, you will just have to format SD card. If after formatting you still encounter the problem of unreadable SD card by your Apple computer, we advise you this article which will provide you with the necessary answers to overcome the problem of a computer Macbook Air or Macbook Pro that does not recognize the SD card.

Steps to Format SD Card on Macbook Air or Macbook Pro Computer

THEDisk Utility can format or partition SD card to FAT32 or Mac OS Extended. The Mac OS Extended format is only compatible with Macintosh systems. Cards in Mac OS Extended format will not be not compatible with other operating systems than Mac's. Otherwise, the cards will not be recognized and therefore not readable by a system other than Apple's. You may need to format SD cards larger than 32 GB to exFAT if you want to use them with a GPS or with a digital camera (or other) for example. We recommend that you format the SD card in the device you want to use it with.

Here are the steps to follow in order to format SD card on a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer:

  • Plug in your SD card by inserting it into the reader on your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer. If your Macbook device does not have a built-in SD card reader, then you will need a USB card reader adapter.
  • Open the folder Applications (you can use the Finder)
  • Click on Utilities
  • Click on Disk Utility
  • Click on the heading SD card
  • Click on the Mac OS Extended in the menu Size Format
  • Click on the tab Clear

The trick is played, you proceed to formatting the SD card on your Macbook Air or Macbook Pro computer.