Re: Is there a better way to transfer photos to Mac?

**N* S* <N*@PlantSoup.Com>**

Tanya, that is not typical.  Card readers have a speed and cards have a speed, as does your computer.  What size card to you have and what speed is it?

I would suggest trying a different card reader

Nan

On Sep 4, 2013, at 2:50 PM, tanya <tanyagarden@gmail.com> wrote:

> My Mac stopped recognizing my Canon camera a couple months ago, so I got a
> card reader. Now, instead of taking a few minutes to transfer photos, it
> takes at least 20 minutes. The card reader seems to tie up the computer so
> it can't do anything else, and if I try to read other files, there's a
> significant lag time and then it takes that much longer to access the
> photos. I have an Iogear card reader ($10-15 range) -- not the cheapest one.
> 
> I was wondering if this is typical for card readers, or if there's
> something that will work better with my ca. 6-year-old Mac.
> 
> Tanya
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