The USB card reader that ***I recently purchased|http://prwdot.org/archives/002437.html*** is on the whole very handy. It’s small, light, portable, and has four slots which collectively handle six different types of cards. There is a LED light to indicate card access in each slot, and an additional light to indicate that it is receiving USB power. However, in my opinion, it has a design flaw.
This is what it looks like operating under normal circumstances:
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This is what it looks like when I’ve put the Mac to sleep:
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Yikes! I have to unplug that thing when I put the Mac to sleep before I go to bed. Otherwise, it lights up the whole apartment!
Think of it this way: You won’t have to spend so much time decorating at Christmas. Just stick the card reader in the tree, plug it in, and presto! 😛