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Some users report issues with built-in SD card readers on 2021 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks

As nifty as the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks might be, there might be some bugs with the SD card readers. In a long complaint thread, MacRumors readers have detailed the issues that they’re having with some SD cards, and there seems to be little consistency between reports and affected SD cards. Some SD cards […]

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New 13″, 15″ MacBook Pro Notebooks Capable of Booting from SD Card Clot

Apple’s newly-released 13″ and 15″ MacBook Pro notebooks now boast a feature in which users can boot from the SD card slot in a pinch.

According to a tech note published by Apple, users can install Mac OS X on an SD card and use it as a startup volume simply by changing the default partition table to GUID using Disk Utility, and then formating the card to use the Mac OS Extended file format.