Android File Transfer: Pass files from your Android to your PC with macOS

Android File Transfer

Android has always been characterized by the ease that users have to access the files of the terminals that use this operating system. Without the need for root access, we can view most folders, and modify the content of them.

At the time of passing our files to a PC, we have various tools, although sometimes, operating systems such as macOS give us certain limitations. In the world of Apple, the PC does not recognize the mobile when connected via USB, something that forces us to use third-party tools to achieve success in the connection. Luckily, Google has its official tool to achieve this purpose, Android File Transfer.

Android File Transfer

A solution to keep in mind if we use Mac

If we use a computer with the macOS operating system, when connecting an Android terminal via USB we will realize the main limitation, the operating system will not recognize our Android device as removable storage. It is therefore necessary to use third-party tools to access the content, and Android File Transfer makes sense enough to do so. In the case of Windows, it is not possible to install this program, since it is enough to connect the phone to the PC to gain access to the folders of the same one.

To install Android File Transfer, we just have to go to the Android website, and click on the download now button. The weight of the .dmg file is only 3.7 megabytes, so it will not be a problem for your internal storage. Once we have double clicked, as usual in macOS, drag the program to the applications folder. Ready.

The Android File Transfer interface can only be used if we have an Android phone connected via USB. If the terminal is connected, we have only to open the program to start working. The program is very simple, since all it does is show us the contents of the folders of our phone. For security reasons, it is necessary that the terminal is unlocked, and that when we warn about whether we want to trust the PC, we indicate that yes.

At the operating level, Android File Transfer follows a drag and drop system, in other words, drag what you want, as you want . We can pass files from our Android to our PC and vice versa, since all the folders that appear in the program are those that have writing permission in Android. Also, we can create new folders within our mobile phone through the program. To do this, we just have to click on the icon of the folder, and name to taste.