3DS SD Card Data Transfer

[Spoonman]

Hey TCP peeps,

Has anyone here successfully transferred their game data from one SD card to another using a Mac? I have followed Nintendo's instructions from their support website to the letter, and my 3DS says it can't read the data on the new card.

support article I used: http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/309/~/how-to-transfer-data-between-sd-cards-or-microsd-cards

The purpose of this was to expand memory I had in my 3DS.

I have tried 'quick format' as well as 'overwrite format' for the new card.

If anybody has any experience with this, any tips would be extremely appreciated!

[larryinc64]

Is it possible to transfer data from the SD card to the system?

Maybe a work around would be to unload your system onto the new card, dump the old card on to your 3DS, and arange from there, If all else fails.

I'm a PC user so I can't help you, maybe format the card on the 3DS and just copy the files over on the computer?

[Spoonman]

Yeah copying the files on the computer has been done.

I think what you're suggesting - and this is possible as I have 2 3DS systems - is I could put the new card in an old system and do a system transfer? But then if I move that card back over not everything will be there.

[wiggy]

Everything should transfer, assuming it all fits on the SD card. I've done this a number of times. You don't need to bother with a desktop computer.

[Spoonman]

I got my answer - Nintendo actually has a support phone line, who knew?

Apparently 64GB is TOO big and they don't recommend that size for 3DS - they recommend nothing over 32GB which I think is BS, but hopefully I'll never need all of the 32GB since they all come with 4GB and I haven't needed to expand until this point.

Anyway, got a 32GB card, formatted and copied the same way, issue resolved!

[wiggy]

Good to hear that it was easily resolved.

Who would EVER need more than 32GB?!  I mean, that's like more data than one could ever imagine! (From the minds of Nintendo...)

[larryinc64]

I got the Nintendo Humble Bundle for $12 and now I need to buy a hard drive for my 32GB Wii U to download the games

[wiggy]

It's absurd that Nintendo is stuck in a timewarp. I mean, my phone has more storage capacity. My damned phone, and I fill it up with junk on a fairly regular basis.

[Spoonman]

lol!

I'm with you guys... how would I have ever guessed that buying a 64GB card was too big... ridiculous!

https://youtu.be/NxDPyhVI1iY?t=37s