Years later, Apple has reintroduced SD cards and MagSafe charging on 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro.

It took flak from users who didn’t like the idea of using a bunch of dongle/adapters with their new MacBook Pro. That means VMware Fusion can map the internal SD card reader to the VM for 20 Mac Minis, but not 20 models.Īn external USB SD card reader would work for the affected models.Apple swapped the SD card slot on MacBook Pro with four USB-C ports in 2016. By late 2013, Apple was using USB 3 SDXC but I haven't found the exact point at which they switched (which might vary between families). Once USB 3 was available (starting in 2012 models) it was possible to switch to a USB 3 SDXC card reader but there was a delay before they were available, so most if not all 2012 models still used PCIe SDXC. These newer models have a USB 3 SDXC card reader:Ģ010 and earlier models plus some 2011 models have a USB 2 SD card reader.īased on the pattern it looks like when Apple introduced SDXC models in some 2011 models, it wasn't feasible to connect to it using USB 2 because it wouldn't have been fast enough, and those models were too old to support USB 3. Looking at my own models and other saved profiles I have kept, I found these models have a PCIe SDXC card reader: The other clue is to look in the USB category and see if you can find an item for 'Card Reader' or 'Internal Memory Card Reader'. In the 'Card Reader' section under the Hardware heading, look for whether it has lines for 'Link Width' and 'Link Speed', which indicate PCIe. You can check the connection method for your SDXC card reader by going into Apple menu > About This Mac > System Report.

PCIe peripherals can't be mapped to a VM.

VMware can remap USB and Bluetooth peripherals to the VM, but the SD card reader in some Mac models is connected via PCIe rather than an internal USB interface.

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