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    Best USB-C memory card readers

    by JEFF CARLSON Aug 18, 2017 4 minutes

    The lack of an SD card slot on the 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro is an inconvenience for photographers of all stripes who shoot with cameras other than the iPhone. The answer—as with everything else that needs to connect to the USB-C–only MacBook Pro—is an external USB-C SD card reader.

    But which one? As you would expect, third parties have rushed to create adapters for everything, including memory card readers. And to no one’s surprise, the quality, specifications, and prices are all over the map.

    Most sites that are kept up to date fully support connections over https, even if they don’t default to that or redirect you to them.

    We tested five adapters

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