How to Easy Transfer File From Android Smartphone to MacOS

For those of you who are MacOS users, but for your cellphone choosing an Android-based smartphone, you will certainly have difficulty transferring files between Android and MacOS. Of course you can just use Google Drive or SMB, but it will take a long time if the file you send from an Android phone is quite large.

Take it easy, you can use an intermediary application to send files from Android to MacOS or vice versa. That's right, there are applications that are very easy to install and are used to transfer data between Android and MacOS devices without difficulty. This application is created by Goolge, called Android File Transfer. This application really helps us in transferring files from android to macOS.

Here I will try to provide a way to install and use Android File Transfer. This application will run on any Android, blame Android 5.0 or higher and laptop / desktop with macOS version 10.7 or higher.

How to Easy Transfer File From Android Smartphone to MacOS

To get started, you first download Android File Transfer and install AndroidFileTransfer.dmg by double-clicking you will be asked to drag the file to the right.

Configuration on Android

Open your Android phone, then you open the settings then go to the Connected device. Tap USB then (if prompted) tap to select Transfer files. (View Image)

How to Usage

Open your Mac and open the Android File Transfer application from the Application bar. The application will open and display the root directory on your Android. (View Image)

Open the Finder, then navigate the file to the folder you want to transfer to an Android device or vice versa, and start dragging and dropping. After completing the file transfer, click Android File Transfer > Exit Android File Transfer. You can immediately revoke the Android device.

Note: In the Android File Transfer application you cannot cut and paste. To transfer files, your only choice is drag and drop. But that doesn't matter, because most MacOS users prefer drag and drop rather than copy / paste.