# BalenaEtcher does not recognize my SD card on Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Created:** [July 11, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-does-not-recognize-my-sd-card-on-mac/359583 "2022-07-11T19:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PoMarantz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PoMarantz](https://forums.balena.io/u/PoMarantz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-does-not-recognize-my-sd-card-on-mac/359583/1 "2022-07-11T19:28:37Z")
I formatted the card in Terminal on Mac to FAT32 My Mac Disc utilities recognizes the card. BalenaEtcher will not find the card. I had this issue the last time I tried to flash this card…and my card reader was plugged in on a USB extension line. Once I plugged the card reader directly into the iMac Body, it was recognized. This time that does not help. I have tried restarting, etc…etc…etc…to no avail. Anyone have a suggestion??? ---
**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-does-not-recognize-my-sd-card-on-mac/359583/2 "2022-07-13T11:39:02Z")
Do you have any other devices to try out this SD card on? Maybe another Mac or Windows machine? ---
**Author:** ![PoMarantz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PoMarantz](https://forums.balena.io/u/PoMarantz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-does-not-recognize-my-sd-card-on-mac/359583/3 "2022-07-13T13:08:04Z")
Oh…thanks for getting on to help. I did some reading and then disconnected all of my external hard drives (pain in the a$$ 🙂)…and then BE recognized my card. It’s all good!