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Google hides the Android File Transfer app for macOS (9to5google.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As for the question of why, it's certainly within the realm of possibility that they just don't feel like maintaining it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I think this may be true. After my last Mac upgrade, the app did not work with either of my phones. It looked like just a timing issue, because the files would eventually appear but the file transfer app had given up and wouldn't let you do anything but quit. Probably a fairly minor bug that for whatever reason they just won't fix.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I really hope this means either a new MTP app is coming (ideal) or quick share for MacOS is officially coming (ok)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

pairdrop/snapdrop is so much better without installation and with just PWA

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Did they fix moving large files? This has been a big issue for me with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I really wish they'd just fix it. For whatever reason, the app just fails to connect to my phone. I already made sure it's trusted and tried all of the USB options.

The only transfer method that seems to work for me is adb pull and adb push.