MiniTool Power Data recovery lets you recover files from SD card and memory card. Related article: How to encrypt or decrypt SD card. You can also lock or unlock SD card with password. How to Lock or Unlock SD Card with Password Next select the SD card in the left list and click First Aid tab. Type disk utility in the Search bar and click Disk Utility to open it. If it’s read-only, change it to Read & Write. Under Sharing & Permissions, check the file status. You can right-click a file on the SD card and click Get Into. Make sure no file on the SD card is read-only. At first, plug in the SD card to your Mac computer. If you use a Mac computer, you can follow the steps below for SD card lock or unlock.

Still, press Enter key after each command line. You can type the command lines below to enable write protection on SD card after you are in Command Prompt window. It should take write protection off the SD card and the SD card lock issue should be solved.

select disk * (replace * with the drive letter of your SD card).

Remember to press Enter after typing each command line to execute the command. In Command Prompt window, you can type the command lines below. You can press Windows + R, type cmd in Run dialog, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to run Command Prompt as administrator. To recover deleted or lost files from SD card, you can use MiniTool Power Data Recovery.

If the SD card lock switch is loose or broken, then you should back up data on it and change a new SD card.

To lock the SD card again, you can slide the lock switch to Lock status. Still, if you use an SD card adapter to use the microSD card, make sure the lock switch on the SD card adapter is in Unlock position. Make sure the lock switch is in Unlock status to unlock the SD card. You can remove the micro SD card, SD card or memory card from your device, and inspect if it has a lock switch and if the physical SD card lock switch is in Lock status.

Lock or Unlock SD/Memory Card with SD Card Lock Switch Check the 6 tips below for SD card lock or unlock operation.

Tips to Fix a Corrupted SD or Memory CardĪ locked SD card won’t let you read or transfer files.

Macbook sd card holder