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Exclusive Eye-Fi Geo Card Comes to Apple Stores

Written on July 29, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

I’ve always been tempted to try out an Eye-Fi SD flash memory card, which allows you to wirelessly upload photos directly from your camera to a nearby Mac or PC on the same network. Perhaps a bit anachronistically, since they seem to be far and away the leading digital memory format, but I don’t actually [...]

Apple’s Tilt to SD Cards Looking Smarter Than Ever

Written on July 06, 2009 by Charles Moore and 9 people have commented

Last month I commented that Apple’s substitution of Secure Digital Card (SD) slots for ExpressCard slots in the 15″ MacBook Pro made considerably good sense. It would be nice to have both, but the ExpressCard support wasn’t being heavily used, according to Apple, while SD was growing more popular. The 13″ MacBook Pro also gets [...]

What’s the Buzz About the SD Card Slot?

Written on June 15, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 8 people have commented

When I’d originally written about the introduction of the new 15″ MacBook Pro on Monday, I was curious as to if the newly featured SD card slot would support even newer SDHC cards. A little research later, I learned that the MacBook Pro does support this standard and has a few more tricks up its sleeve. So what’s all the buzz about the SD card slot?