If you are using an SD card to store your Mylio Photos Library on an Android device, you may see unexpected storage use of the SD card when syncing the Mylio Photos Library. This is due to SD Cards being formatted by the factory in a way that makes them inefficient for storing large quantities of small files.
The chart below displays an estimated usable media count for various card sizes.
Card Size | Media Count |
16 GB | 115,000 |
32 GB | 75,000 |
64 GB | 125,000 |
128 GB | 310,000 |
200 GB | 485,000 |
256 GB* | 35,000* |
400 GB | 515,000 |
*256 GB cards are formatted by the factory in a way that makes them very inefficient to use with smaller files. You can choose to reformat the SD card to get more usable storage space.
WARNING: Reformatting an SD Card will permanently erase all of its contents.
Format SD Card on Mac
Format SD Card on Mac
Insert the SD Card into a card reader and connect it to a computer.
Open the Terminal application.
Type
diskutil listand press enter/return.Note the
/dev/disk#for your SD Card.Open the Disk Utility application. (Do not close or quit Terminal.)
Select the SD Card volume (not the disk).
Click the Eject icon but do not remove the SD Card from the card reader.
Return to the Terminal application and enter
newfs_exfat -b 32768 -v SDCard /dev/disk#, replacing/dev/disk#with the disk number you noted in step 4 to reformat your SD Card.
Format SD Card on Windows
Format SD Card on Windows
Insert the SD Card into a card reader and connect it to a computer.
Open File Explorer.
Navigate to This PC.
Right-click on the SD Card in Devices and Drivers.
Select Format.
Choose exFAT and set the Allocation Unit Size to 32kb.
Click the Start button to format your SD Card.