I'm happy with the set ups I have and the money I spent to get there.
The question is, what other options are you looking into to. If SD > IDE does not work for your Mac, what other SD > IDE options are you looking into? I've seen a SD > CF which in theory can be used in CF > IDE Adapters and CF > PCMCIA Adapters. If they work on the Mac, this would be just an option.
The question is, are SDs more reliable than CFs? I got CFs that are over 5 years old and a couple approaching 10 and they are still up and running. And I had SDs die months after use in my camera. At the same time I'm using SDs in the Raspberry Pis that I have and so far they are holding strong. Though SDs have improved and now uses the same Flash RAM technology as CFs, there is no argument here. It's more of a preference.
Now I stated how it should be with SD through what I know with CFs. If your SD > IDE Adapter is not working, then you need to find out why. Theories and points of known facts have been posted. Your only option if you still what SDs in your IDE Mac is to get a couple more IDE Adapters of different kinds/builds/name brands and experiment to see what works and what does not.
Except for the SSB Computers like the Raspberry Pi and Beagle Bone, the only computers using Solid State Devices are in China; they are the biggest producers of SSD Equipment, Media and Adapters; mostly for their on market!
Now, I think SD > IDE should work on a Mac. There is SD2SCSI and that works for Mac. So the IDE version should work. But there are problems one needs to iron out.
The question is, what other options are you looking into to. If SD > IDE does not work for your Mac, what other SD > IDE options are you looking into? I've seen a SD > CF which in theory can be used in CF > IDE Adapters and CF > PCMCIA Adapters. If they work on the Mac, this would be just an option.
The question is, are SDs more reliable than CFs? I got CFs that are over 5 years old and a couple approaching 10 and they are still up and running. And I had SDs die months after use in my camera. At the same time I'm using SDs in the Raspberry Pis that I have and so far they are holding strong. Though SDs have improved and now uses the same Flash RAM technology as CFs, there is no argument here. It's more of a preference.
Now I stated how it should be with SD through what I know with CFs. If your SD > IDE Adapter is not working, then you need to find out why. Theories and points of known facts have been posted. Your only option if you still what SDs in your IDE Mac is to get a couple more IDE Adapters of different kinds/builds/name brands and experiment to see what works and what does not.
Except for the SSB Computers like the Raspberry Pi and Beagle Bone, the only computers using Solid State Devices are in China; they are the biggest producers of SSD Equipment, Media and Adapters; mostly for their on market!
Now, I think SD > IDE should work on a Mac. There is SD2SCSI and that works for Mac. So the IDE version should work. But there are problems one needs to iron out.