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I'd also be a bit wary of installing something that will wield total control of the filesystem, written by unidentified developers. The apps listed in previous answers might have been good at the time, but they haven't been maintained to work with modern versions of macOS. Nonetheless, developers have filled the void with numerous Apple-approved apps. It's still a very common problem for people using USB disks or SD cards to play media in their cars or other devices. You'd think after all these years, Apple would build something into the Finder to deal with this. (previous remarks below still apply) 2017 December The developer continues to update and support the app, which is still free on the Mac App Store.

I tested the latest version of Clean My Drive 2 on an M1 Mac, and am happy to report it still works perfectly.

#MACBOOK SD CARD VIEW CONTENTS MAC OS X#

Thanks to, their troubleshooting Mac OS X e-books, and their website for the detailed explanation of why other methods sort of work. Sudo mdutil -E /path_to_volume and press returnДЄt the Terminal prompt, type exit then press return. If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 or later, skip to step 9.ДЄt the Terminal prompt, type the following command, again substituting the correct path: Spotlight will immediately cease to index the specified volume. path_to_volume/: Indexing disabled for volume.

If prompted for a password, type your admin password, then press return. Navigate to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities and open Terminal.ДЄt the Terminal prompt, type the following command, replacing path_to_volume with the real path:

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