How To Transfer Files From Android To Mac (Mac And Android File Transfer Tutorial!)

[@D__Lee]

I have a Motorola (Android) phone that I use primarily as an MP3 music player. On my old iMac, I could just connect with a USB-cable and transfer between my Motorola and iMac to transfer music; but when I bought a new iMac, the iMac would not recognize my Motorola. I downloaded the Android File Transfer app, but Apple won''t allow me to open and use the app because it wasn't downloaded from the Apple App Store. The only Android file transfer apps on the Apple App Store require $$$ (yearly subscription). Your tutorial on how to use an external drive to move files from an iMac to Android is the only "free" solution that worked for me. My Motorola didn't have the same appearance as your Android phone when transferring files so there was a "trial-and-error" learning curve to figure how to do the transfer. So far, so good! THANKS!!!

[@noahriske9620]

You can enable browser downloaded apps on your Mac in privacy and security settings gs

[@yogi_hariyani]

Thanks I have a same problem with my Motorola phone

[@laiychan]

Thank you so much for showing us (with 4 different techniques) how to do the transfer androidmac.

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem - Hazel, PV Team

[@srinidigital4414]

Apple M3 max is not allowing the Open MTP to be installed as it is not verified !

[@exohBeats]

Finder -> Applications -> Right click on Open MTP App and chose open

[@eh6413]

Yep, just found out, too. And of course the Android file transfer app is total utter garbage. So basically we have to use Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. Wow, this does suck

[@evgeniizaets9243]

Solution: Go to "Applications" in Finder => Hold Command button and right click over the app icon => Click open

[@ratak4778]

Right-click the application and select Open. A different prompt should appear, select the open option again.

[@amit0rana]

Press on cancel then go to system settings -> privacy and security, you should see the message telling you why openmtp was blocked. You click here 'open anyway' then open the app again.

[@chiragarya4165]

Open mtp app does not work for me. Shows "An error occurred while setting up the phone". Is there any other way to connect using cable?

[@bero3356]

same here i have xiaomi

[@lalewilan]

same

[@bero3356]

@@lalewilan wish someone helps 😭

[@MarioGonzalez-xm8xb]

@@bero3356 same here, any news?

[@matteopuntomartella]

this actually works, thanks i even made a donation to the guy who creates it, it was now the time to have a simple free tool for that

[@PrimalVideo]

Nice, glad it worked 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@johnpuga1982]

I was having trouble uploading activities from my Garmin. This video helped me located the .fit file. THANKS!!!

[@PrimalVideo]

Nice, so glad it helped 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@StevenERice]

Thanks. I needed this. Had used the Android app and it was so buggy. The open mtp is so helpful.

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, Steven - Hazel, PV Team

[@truptidave9862]

How did you install OpenMTP on Mac Air M2

[@truptidave9862]

Getting error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

[@doggydoggy578]

​@@truptidave9862right click -> open app -> when prompted -> click yes. Or if this not work go to settings, and find an option that allows installing app from 1) App Store 2) App store and other. Tick the second option, if you see your app being blocked there, click on whatever button thay allows it

[@andrenicolai]

Open MTP didn't work for me either, on my Samsung s23 with my M2 Mac (the same connection error than most people). But luckily, the external drive solution worked like a charm.

[@oldboldbonkers6819]

I am an old, clueless technophobe but really appreciated this video. Haven’t tried any method yet but thankyou.

[@PrimalVideo]

Thank you! I'm glad you found the video helpful. 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@marcorealtor1]

The solutions provided actually work! Thank you! There are so many videos that are outdated or the solutions don't really work.

[@PrimalVideo]

Glad to hear the solutions worked for you. Thanks for the feedback! 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@aungkhaingtun8239]

Thanks a lot mate. Just what I needed. Keep it up.

[@PrimalVideo]

Awesome, you're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@reviewsheview]

mtp app shows cant be verified

[@shreeyaavr2861]

ikr!!!

[@sonuabd5]

Just go to settings and in privacy and security you will get a message about open mtp and make it allow anyway

[@Malcolmlgrant]

Wish airdrop work on android and quick share work on Mac Apple likes being difficult

[@danielbarton6439]

Bro I can't beleive this worked so easily thank you so much. First suggestion is completely legit. The walkthrough was perfect too. I'm computerly challenged and even for me it was a walk in the park. Nice one man thank you

[@PrimalVideo]

Awesome, I'm glad it worked so well for you! 😀 - Hazel, PV Team

[@osamsal]

Best video on the topic! thank you

[@PrimalVideo]

Great to hear that. You're welcome 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@setarem.m9089]

Thank you. It was exactly what I needed. Very informative and helpful. Keep up with the great videos.

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, thanks for the support! - Hazel, PV Team

[@AntonNagolyuk]

was waiting for this video like forever!

[@PaulAndreMusik]

Finally a video with tools that actually work! Thank you SO much!!!

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome!

[@truptidave9862]

No OpenMTP can not be installed on Mac Air M2

[@edward_rivas]

This video is worth a million, thank you.

[@PrimalVideo]

Wow, that's awesome 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@nchana48]

I was trying to figure out out to transfer files from macbbok pro to Samsung S24 and Vice Versa. Checked out your video. Great video and explanation. Thank you so much

[@PrimalVideo]

Awesome, so glad it helped 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@Sanket_UIUX]

Best vid out there on this topic

[@PrimalVideo]

Thanks, great to hear that - Hazel, PV Team

[@brockjofficial]

Thank you!!! It took a few tries but it works now. Great video!

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, so glad it worked 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@bobbyhussein81]

loved this video, thank you, very clear and simple to follow, i used the wireless method, worked like a dream. amazing app

[@PrimalVideo]

Awesome, so glad it worked 😃 - Hazel, PV Team

[@sejaljaiin]

Android has currently disabled the 'Android File Transfer' downloads. are there any good alternatives to that???

[@gamereadlife]

Can u make video on iphone to windows please

[@PrimalVideo]

We already have this on our channel 👍

I am very amazed that I found working tools and apps to communicate in between android and mac. This was very helpful for me.

[@PrimalVideo]

Nice, glad we're able to help 😊 - Hazel, PVA Team

[@truptidave9862]

How did you install OpenMTP on Mac Air M2/M3 ? getting error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

@@truptidave9862 I didnt see any text like this when I install

[@handerfotografen]

I have a NAS server (Qnap) connected to my Mac mini M1. It has a usb-A connection. When I connect my android phone to the NAS with a USB cable and put the phone in transfer mode I can use the finder on my mac as normal to transfer files both ways. Or just browse through files on the phone.

[@advsonhere]

Wonderful! This helped me a lot. As a thanks for this knowledge, I subscribed to your channel!

[@PrimalVideo]

So glad it helped and great to have you here 😀 - Hazel, PV Team

[@SambSylla]

Thank you Bro. The android file transfer was very buggy for me.

[@truptidave9862]

How did you install OpenMTP on Mac Air M2/M3 ? getting error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

[@yuliacherednikov9903]

lifesaver, thank you. phone so backed up i've stopped receiving messages.

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@sedusude426]

OPEN MTP solved my problem :D (macbook pro m3 & redmi phone)

[@endlessstriver3313]

Thank you very much! Had been using Android file transfer and it was always a guessing game if it would work or not.

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, hope it worked out for you 👍 - Hazel, PVA Team

[@subirmondal1993]

Thanks mate. That helped me lot. 👍👍

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, glad we're able to help - Hazel, PV Team

[@Emma-Jones20]

THANK YOU for this!

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, Emma - Hazel, PV Team

[@__dsolerh]

my mac does not allow me to open OpenMTP because the developer cannot be verified, someone knows about this?

[@amit0rana]

Open system settings in mac -> privacy & security, you should see the app you just tried to install, you can now click 'open anyway' button.

[@drupalspec]

Thanks man for this tutorial. Really helpful for me!

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, so glad it helped 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@YagLab]

Thanks, it was all i need to work with my files :)

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, so glad it helped 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@georges_crafts]

Cake you make a video on KZbin video settings on iPhone and android

[@cretnotonic]

I used the Snapdrop but for some reason I don't know where it downloaded it to? Is it defaulted to the "Downloads" folder? Because I don't see it. But when I do the reverse and send a file from my MAC to my Android, it works.

[@gmarcustv208]

Thank you so much. You saved the day. Go in the "recent" folder or "download" folder.

[@Malcolmlgrant]

This is very good and very clear. thank you

[@PrimalVideo]

Sounds great, you're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@Sunshine0Luv]

Thank you so much! I can finally add music on my android

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@scottkessler3173]

Thank you so much for this information! It's super helpful! Just one question: (I'm using a cable and OpenMPT) I have a LONG string of photos to select on my android phone. It would take FOREVER to select them all individually. In OpenMPT, using shift + click doesn't work for selecting the second end of a group, like it does everywhere else. How can I easily select a large group of photos without having to select them individually? Thank you!

[@wah_yar_tiwari]

Thank you for the video!

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@MrGentleman37]

Do you know how to remove "android file transfer" app completely ? Terminal commands don't work (I don't know why)

[@prokashhalder600]

First of all you should take permission from this application

[@MrGentleman37]

@@prokashhalder600 Thank you

[@pczarn]

Very good tutorial. Thanks

[@PrimalVideo]

Sounds great, cheers 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@River-ir1bf]

Really great information very well presented thank you

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, glad enjoyed it - Hazel, PV Team

[@ardabilici4418]

thank you.

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, Arda - Hazel, PV Team

[@roseroyce15]

I have tried installing all these and it is telling me that they are incompatable with my device. it is saying that it is unsupported on this mac

[@SofiaGoyal]

Thanks the snapdrop thing really worked for me

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, so glad it worked for you Sofia 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@PushanBarman]

Very helpful! Can't wait to try this out on my mac and phone.

[@PrimalVideo]

Hope it worked out for you 🙏 - Hazel, PVA Team

[@truptidave9862]

How did you install OpenMTP on Mac Air M2/M3 ? getting error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

[@meaningfullife9937]

mac won't let me open the app, how do I get around this?

[@victoriavirgo]

Fantastic! An up to date tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, glad you liked it 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@johnclay7644]

useful topic file transferring.

[@PrimalVideo]

So glad you found it useful - Hazel, PV Team

[@TTRiverside]

Thank you so much Brother ! I was do it by smart swift but it not fast as i want, best regard

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@monica4141]

Thanks! It worked!

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, glad it worked - Hazel, PV Team

[@ia6980]

Thanks. Disable all programs that are opening your phone and then it will work.

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, hope it worked out - Hazel, PV Team

[@rominvirani5626]

Thank you so much. Very useful video.

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, so glad it's useful 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@ViewfinderMastery]

Great tips, but strangely I could not get any of the three to work. Seems that Apple has done a pretty good job of making this a painful procedure. 😭

[@christianmadsen3810]

Thank you for sharing i used the wireless

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem - Hazel, PV Team

[@vishalbiradar2558]

Do you have a video on how best we can read/write on Mac from the NTFS hard drives?

[@tminusnyc2915]

Bro.... THANK YOU!!

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@prathikkharat2131]

I installed openmtp yesterday,before watching this video. After multiple attempts, I could not connect my android phone to mac.

[@LawkongExpress]

SAME HERE

[@dianedeguerny]

Try to activate the debogging mode on your smartphone maybe... But here, it works for 4-5 files and after crash... And never worked again 😢

[@doggydoggy578]

​@@dianedeguernydebogging

[@Alekhya.d]

Will these methods work for transferring the data from Android to iPad and iPad to Android Sir

[@dantanabe3597]

Many thanks for a helpful video

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome 😊

[@gotechakash]

The question is, will it also work for the newer M3 chip powered MacBook Pros? The first method with the wire.

[@PrimalVideo]

This video was made with an M3 Mac 👍

[@gotechakash]

@@PrimalVideo since the time I watched this video, I have been doing this with my new M3 pro MacBook Pro! I think the MacBook should not go to sleep at the time of copying files, else the file transfers, speed will be slow.

[@y.jernic]

is there a way to move the photos in bulk, instead of having to copy over then delete?

[@abhijitpattil]

awesome! thanks for this info!

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@truptidave9862]

How did you install OpenMTP on Mac Air M2/M3 ? getting error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

[@abhijitpattil]

@@truptidave9862 open using control + click.

[@melihcanakgun2091]

Is OpenMTP working on M3 Macbooks?

[@chetedoherty]

I've tried this, but it's not reading my Samsung S23. How can I troubleshoot what might be reading my USB?

[@medroastt9888]

thank you for the informative video.... are openmtp and snapdrop apps safe to use... no spying, no data compromize, etc?

[@fadiisam3847]

Thanks for this useful video

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem, glad you found it useful - Hazel, PV Team

[@laurielogan3355]

I don't see in any of these options, how to transfer text messages. I was able to back them up to Google One but can't figure out how to view on my MacBook. Any ideas? I don't want to restore them to another android phone.

[@vikasj4098]

which one is the fastest? I want to transfer 200 gb of videos from my android to mac

[@Black-Circle]

thank you so much this app is so much better.

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem - Hazel, PV Team

[@danielahernandezdelapena675]

Awesome thank you so much! Helped a lot

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome, glad we're able to help! 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@truptidave9862]

How did you install OpenMTP on Mac Air M2/M3 ? getting error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

[@Deess]

Well, my mac just won't connect to my Pixel 7.

[@yannyann4463]

thank you soooo much

[@PrimalVideo]

No problem - Hazel, PV Team

[@williamgleed9280]

Nice one!

[@PrimalVideo]

Thanks, William - Hazel, PV Team

[@gregdavidson5898]

It won't open on a Sierra Mac. ( I did not use the m1/2 version). Some kind of Java error.

[@chrisvanderstock]

Thanks

[@PrimalVideo]

Thank you very much for the super thanks! 🙏

[@anastasiospapanthymou9750]

i want to transfer my audio messages and also my facebook audio messages from my samsung to my pc. Is this possible ?

[@J-wd3kh]

My mac is not accepting OpenMTP because " it can not verify that it is free from malware" and i can not download the andriod transfer app!!! Any advice?

[@kavitmehta9143]

worked, thanks for the first advise.

[@PrimalVideo]

Well done, glad it worked 👍 - Hazel, PV Team

[@tonygarvin5602]

Same thing for macbook air m1 says not supported any solutions?

[@alcylon]

Not working fore my Samsung s24 Ultra. I see the files in the appz but it says not connectet.

[@lovelylynx5473]

im trying to find videos I recorded on my android phone through open mtp, but I can’t find it in any of the folders? can someone help pls

[@vadimkolosov]

this drives me crazy! for the 3rd day I am trying to switch from iphone to Samsung Galaxy. Built in "Smart" Switch tool freezes on 99% and "1 minute left" - for hours! Tried everything: turning off encryption, password, not touching phones. 3 times - same. Exporting Contacts - no photos and errors in data. Move icloud contacts or calendars in any other way - no sorry. Even file transfers between Samsung and MacBook - give error, can't even connect. I'm frustrated... (((( Please help Could it be built in McAffee protection (wouldn't it notify)? Bitwarden accessibility control over the phone? Like, how did you figure out that screen recording was interfering? What sense does it make?

[@thisisnorthgh]

Super helpful video

[@PrimalVideo]

Awesome, glad we're able to help - Hazel, PV Team

[@jolespin]

Yooooo this actually worked!

[@PrimalVideo]

Awesome, glad it worked 😃 - Hazel, PV Team

[@Dollectable_Dreams]

Is there a limit of file size that you can send?

[@beabennett5492]

My imac is old & running 10.6.4, but to work it requires 10.11 or later 😢

[@johncolquhoun6416]

Great help. Thanks

[@PrimalVideo]

So glad it helped, John 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@TheVegasISrael]

Thank you!

[@PrimalVideo]

You're welcome - Hazel, PV Team

[@soorajtrivedi74]

Golden video !

[@PrimalVideo]

Sounds great, thanks 😀 - Hazel, PV Team

[@tammyboggs346]

the files doesnt open to see what exactly your transfering to the mac. just shows blue files or pdf files

[@dodoreact]

great video!

[@PrimalVideo]

Thanks, glad you liked it 😊 - Hazel, PV Team

[@soundofthegardenwatc]

android file transfer never been buggy for me. i wish is was available. this isnt working.

[@truptidave9862]

I agree with others OpenMTP installation is not allowed on Mac Air M2 M3

[@truptidave9862]

I wish I could attach the screenshot of the error ""OpenMTP" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

[@bombading1215]

nice app but I wish it would show what pics and videos instead of JPG and MP4.

[@ia6980]

Useless app, when transferring audio from android to Mac, it transfers them as Photo and not as audio.