CalDigit TS5 Plus dock has card slot and front USB detection issues
A CalDigit TS5 Plus dock connected to a MacBook M1 Max can stop reading SD card and mini SD card slots after staying connected for a long time. Unplugging and reconnecting the dock makes the slots work again, but only for a short time before the same failure returns.
The practical is to use the Mac’s own card reader instead of the dock. A similar problem also appears with external drives.
After one drive is connected to the and then quickly swapped for another drive, the new device may not be detected. Keeping the fully updated has not fixed the issue.
Key points
- The CalDigit TS5 Plus dock stops reading SD card and mini SD card slots after long connection time.
- Reconnecting the dock restores the slots for a while.
- The issue was seen with a MacBook M1 Max.
- External drives can also fail to appear after swapping them on the .
- Keeping updated has not solved the problem.