Does your laptop have a card reader slot? Mine doesn’t! And if yours doesn’t either, you know how much that sucks—especially when you need to grab SD or microSD footage from a dashcam, a security cam, ...

While microSD cards are super convenient for their tiny sizes, fast speeds, and respectable capacities, not all devices support them—and that sucks when you have extra microSD cards lying around.

SD memory cards are widely used today, and while they may look the same, there are some differences to note to ensure they’re compatible with your hardware.