MacDroid, to Transfer Files Between a Mac Computer and an Android Device

With this application it is possible to connect an Android mobile device to a Mac computer. Thanks to this, in addition to all the possible transfers between both devices, it is also possible to edit files.

How to transfer pictures from Android to Mac? Not all owners of a Mac computer have an iPhone or an iPad. There are many who use an Android mobile device. For this reason, it is appreciated that there is an application such as MacDroid. With it, you can transfer photos, videos, music and entire folders between a Mac computer and an Android device. To achieve this, you have to connect both computers through a USB cable.

The transfer system works thanks to the fact that it uses the Android device as if it were a storage unit connected to the computer. Thanks to this, the transfer can be carried out in both directions, from Mac to Android and from Android to Mac.

What does MacDroid Offer?

If you have just taken some photos with your mobile you can, when you get home, transfer them to your computer’s hard drive. And not only that, you can also use the image editor that you have installed on your Mac to directly retouch the ones you have on your mobile.

It is also possible to carry out complete transmissions of folders, with all their content, between both computers, the mobile device and the computer. This is ideal for keeping copies on your computer of everything you have on your computer in case your mobile fails.

Do you want to see videos that you have on your mobile on your computer? You know what you have to do, install MacDroid on your Mac. The application will take care of the playback.

Whenever you want to edit files on your Android, save them on the Mac, make the necessary modifications, save the results and return them with the changes made to the device.

You have several songs stored on your Mac computer and you want to transfer all or some of them to your Android device. You know what you have to do. MacDroid takes care of the work.

Do you have a device that connects to the computer in MTP mode (turns the mobile into a multimedia device in the eyes of the computer)? With this application you can also transmit files between your devices and your Mac.

Process to Follow to Establish the Connection

To make the connection between the computer and the mobile device, the following steps must be carried out:
Connect the Android mobile to the computer through a USB cable.
Select ADB (recommended) or MTP mode to give the Android device full data access permissions from the Mac computer.
The device will be displayed in the Finder on your computer. From there access, as we have already indicated, is done as if it were an external drive.