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Your iPhone 13 Pro uses HEIC, which your MacBook Pro 2015 may not handle properly during transfer.
Try this Fix: iPhone → Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic
Look for a data recovery company. They’ll probably be able to get the data and it will probably cost you a lot.
You learned a lesson on why at the very least put that card into a case if it is not in a camera. And why some cameras got dual card slots.
These ultras gets corrupted often, based on my experience on mobile phones. I never bought any ultra again, my minimum is a sandisk extreme.
The “big SD card” is called a CF card. Yes one of the pins is bent
Honestly, you’re better off forgetting about it and buying a new one. Just start again.
Yep. They were not designed to be put in and taken out all the time. They were meant to be put in a device and left there. The best way to use them is to use the actual device as a reader connected to a computer.
Try using AirDrop instead of cable- often avoids these issues.
There might be some companies that you could send it to and they can take it apart and try to recover the files off of it. If I were you, try your best to not move it anymore than it is now and find someone to mail it to, they like solder stuff back together and attach individual wires and stuff to it, its kinda wild but it works! Good luck!
If I use MicroSD cards, I put them in that device and transfer via USB rather than popping them in and out all the time. I treat it as BYO-itegrated storage.
Whereas on SD/CF I’ll pop the card out into a dedicated reader.
I use a pair of GoPro’s for action, wet work, and putting a camera where I would not put a larger or more expensive digital. I also use a larger digital. This means I use both microSD cards for the GP’s and full size SD cards for the large digital camera. I have grown to hate the microSD cards, they are so small they are a pain to remove from the cameras especially with cold, stiff fingers. Their size means they are easily dropped, hell they are so small they hide in the carpet. They do not handle heat as well as full size SD cards. They are easy to lose, and they are just more of a PITA to use. The full size SD cards are a perfect size, not too large that they are clumsy, and not too small that they get lost or are are a pain in the ass. The full size SD cards handle heat better, do not corrupt as easily, their slightly larger size is just easier to use. It would be great to see GoPro, Insta, and DJI switch over to full size SD cards for their action cameras and drones.
Your USB is failing, See if it appears in Disk Management / Disk Utility.
That’s honestly pretty concerning. People trust cloud services like Google Photos to be reliable long-term, especially when they’re paying for it.
Looks like you are in luck. Here’s a video that looks like your sd card
Got it. I’ll stop using the laptop and give it a try. Thanks for all the suggestions—feeling a bit more hopeful now!
After installing the April 2026 Windows update, my laptop rebooted into a BitLocker recovery screen. I’ve never seen this on this machine before. Has anyone else run into it?