MacBook Pro is having problems with the card reader

Although the return of the card reader to new MacBook Pro (2021) became good news for photographers and other users who often work with memory cards on the web There are more and more reports of laptops having problems reading SD cards and copying data.

A whole thread on the MacRumors forum. Here are some examples of how this manifests itself:

• “I tried to transfer 7GB files from Kingston 64GB SDXC 1, and every time I try, I get a message that the operation could not be completed due to an unknown error. However, the Sandisk microSD card works fine through the adapter, so this could be a bug. " donster28
• “Same problems on the 14-inch MacBook Pro. Everything falls off all the time. In half of the cases, the card is recognized (although it takes from 30 seconds to a minute), in the rest it gives an error. I have all Sandisk Ultra cards, both XC and HC, formatted by a camera. I tried formatting them on a laptop but nothing changed. At the same time, everything works as expected through my three USB-card readers ", - wildc ^ t
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• “This is very annoying. I was hoping that the preview images on the new laptop would display very quickly. I have a relatively new 64GB memory card that has always worked without issue. Instead, "Photo", when using a hardware card reader, downloads the preview for several minutes and sometimes crashes in the process, the same with the Finder ", - 2Stefan

It's unclear what is causing these problems and whether Apple can fix them with a software update, or whether the hardware itself and the laptops need to be repaired. The company has not yet commented on the situation, but has previously repeatedly launched free repair programs if large batches of devices had hardware problems.