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I realize this may be more of a general iPad issue, but I haven't been able to find an answer elsewhere. I purchased a VELLEE SD Card Reader so I could access photos taken with my Fujifilm X-E2. It works well, and with a bit of fudging around (copying my files from the card to the iCloud since I can't find a way to directly access the card from within Affinity), I'm able to edit and export just fine. The problem is that when I remove the card and insert it back into the camera, I often get an error message to the effect that the card is unreadable. Consequently, I can't take more photos on that specific card until I reformat it. That's potentially problematic when I'm on the road, since I own a finite number of cards. I've been able to read the cards just fine with a USB reader from my desktop PC, although I do sometimes get prompted that Windows needs to fix the disk. I'm reasonably certain this "corruption" is being caused by iOS mounting and accessing the card. If what I've read is correct, there's no "eject" function on the iPad, forcing one to simply unplug it when it isn't engaged in obvious read/ write operations. I haven't tested it, but I'm guessing a possible workaround would be to engage the lock tab on the SD card before inserting it into the iPad reader. If the iPad can't write to it, then file corruption shouldn't be possible. My only concern there is that I've seen those little tabs get loosened up, and lock themselves when you're loading it into a camera, and I'd rather not risk wearing one out. Aside from the locking option, has anyone else faced this problem and come up with an elegant solution to avoid it?