A free, native macOS app to transfer files between your Mac and Android phone — over USB or WiFi.
No cloud. No Google account needed. Plug in via USB or connect wirelessly over WiFi.
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- 📁 Browse your phone like Finder — Navigate folders, search, sort by name/size/type
- 🖱️ Drag & Drop — Drag files from your Mac straight to your phone (and back)
- 📶 USB or WiFi — Connect with a cable, or wirelessly over your home network
- 👁️ Preview files — Double-click to view images, videos, and PDFs without downloading
- 🚀 Fast transfers — Upload and download multiple files at the same time
⚠️ Duplicate detection — Warns you before overwriting files that already exist- 🗑️ Trash & Restore — Deleted something by accident? Restore it, just like on macOS
- ✂️ Copy, Cut, Paste — Move files between folders on your phone with clipboard shortcuts
- 📝 Rename & Batch operations — Rename files, change extensions, delete in bulk
- 💾 SD Card support — Browse and manage files on your external SD card
- 📱 App Manager — Install, uninstall, disable and manage apps (System/User) on your Android device
- A Mac running macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later
- An Android phone with a USB cable
- For wireless: Android 11 or later
That's it. The app comes with everything else built in.
The easiest way to install AndroidFileSync is using Homebrew:
brew tap santosh7017/androidfilesync
brew install --cask androidfilesyncNote: You don't need to run any
xattrcommands when installing with Homebrew. Just install and open!
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Go to Releases and download the latest
.dmgfile -
Open the DMG and drag AndroidFileSync into your Applications folder
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Open Terminal (search for it in Spotlight) and paste this command:
xattr -cr /Applications/AndroidFileSync.app
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Launch the app — you're ready to go!
Why step 3? macOS blocks apps that aren't from the App Store by default. This command tells your Mac it's safe to open. The app is fully open source — you can inspect every line of code yourself.
git clone https://github.com/Santosh7017/AndroidFileSync.git
cd AndroidFileSync
open AndroidFileSync.xcodeprojPress ⌘R in Xcode to build and run. To create a DMG: ./build-dmg.sh
Before the app can talk to your phone, you need to enable a hidden developer setting. This only takes a minute and you only have to do it once.
These first two steps are required for both USB and WiFi connections.
- Open Settings on your Android phone
- Scroll down and tap About Phone
- Find Build Number and tap it 7 times quickly
- You'll see a message: "You are now a developer!"
Samsung phones: Go to Settings → About Phone → Software Information → Build Number
- Go back to Settings
- Search and Tap Developer Options
- Find USB Debugging and turn it ON
- Tap OK when it asks you to confirm
Now choose your connection method below:
The simplest way to connect. Just plug in a cable.
- Connect your phone to your Mac with a USB cable
- On your phone, you'll see a prompt: "Allow USB debugging?"
- Check "Always allow from this computer"
- Tap Allow
- Launch AndroidFileSync on your Mac — your phone will appear automatically
Tip: If you don't see the "Allow USB debugging?" prompt, try unplugging and replugging the cable, or use a different USB port on your Mac.
No cable needed. Your phone and Mac must be on the same WiFi network. Requires Android 11 or later.
- On your phone: go to Settings → Developer Options
- Find Wireless Debugging and turn it ON
- Tap on Wireless Debugging to open its settings
- Inside the Wireless Debugging settings, tap Pair device with pairing code
- In the Mac app: click the WiFi button — the Auto-Discovery tab will automatically detect your phone and pre-fill the connection details
- Type the 6-digit code shown on your phone and click Pair & Connect
Got multiple phones? A dropdown will appear letting you pick which device to connect to.
If Auto-Discovery doesn't find your phone (for example, on a corporate network or VPN):
- Inside the Wireless Debugging settings, tap Pair device with pairing code — note the IP address, port, and code shown
- In the Mac app: click the WiFi button → Advanced tab → type in the IP, port, and code manually
- Connect your phone via USB or WiFi (using the steps above)
- Launch AndroidFileSync — it will automatically detect your device
- Browse your phone's files just like you would in Finder
- Drag & drop files from your Mac into the app window to upload them
- Double-click any file to preview it (images, videos, PDFs, documents)
- Right-click any file for more options (Download, Rename, Delete, Copy, Cut)
A connection badge appears at the top: blue for USB, green for WiFi.
| Problem | What to Do |
|---|---|
| "Scanning for Device..." won't stop | Make sure USB Debugging is enabled and you tapped "Allow" on your phone |
| Phone not showing up | Try a different USB cable — some cables only charge and can't transfer data |
| WiFi pairing fails | Make sure both your Mac and phone are on the same WiFi network |
| Pairing code not working | Go back to Wireless Debugging on your phone and tap "Pair device" again to get a fresh code |
| Transfers are slow | Use a USB 3.0 cable and plug into a USB 3.0 port on your Mac |
| Trash won't empty | Disconnect and reconnect your device, then try again |
| App won't launch | Make sure you're on macOS 13.0 or newer, and that you ran the xattr command from step 3 |
- USB Connection — Plug in and go, zero setup
- Wireless ADB (Android 11+) — Connect over WiFi without a cable
- Auto-Discovery — Automatically finds your phone on the network
- Advanced Pairing — Manually enter connection details for complex network setups
- Multi-Device Selector — Switch between multiple Android devices from a dropdown
- Context-Aware Disconnect — Cleanly disconnect wireless devices when you're done
- File Browser — Browse your phone's storage like a native Finder window
- SD Card Support — Browse and manage files on your external SD card
- Drag & Drop — Drag files from Finder straight to your phone
- Parallel Transfers — Upload and download multiple files at the same time
- Conflict Resolution — Detects duplicate files during uploads, lets you Skip or Replace
- Collision Prevention — Automatically generates unique names when renaming or pasting to avoid overwrites
- Smart Sidebar — Quick access to Camera, Downloads, Pictures, Music, SD Card — hides folders that don't exist on your device
- Native macOS Dialogs — Polished rename and new folder prompts that feel right at home on Mac
- Search & Sort — Search files instantly, sort by name, size, date, or type
- Batch Operations — Change extensions or delete multiple files at once
- Copy, Cut & Paste — Clipboard operations across folders on the device
- Trash & Restore — Move files to trash and restore them later, just like macOS
- Delete Permanently — Bypass Trash and permanently erase files/folders instantly
- File Preview — Double-click to preview images, videos, PDFs, and documents
- Resizable Transfer Panel — Collapsible, draggable progress view
- App Browser — View all installed apps (User, System, Disabled) with icons and labels
- Install APK — Sideload APK files directly from your Mac
- Uninstall Apps — Remove user-installed apps with confirmation
- Disable System Apps — Disable built-in system apps without rooting
- Re-enable Apps — Restore previously disabled apps with one click
- Batch Actions — Select multiple apps and uninstall/disable/enable them at once
- App Icons — Real app icons extracted from APKs, with letter-avatar fallbacks
- Force Stop & Clear Data — Stop misbehaving apps or wipe their data and cache
- Backup APK — Save an app's APK file to your Mac before uninstalling
- Confirmation Dialogs — All destructive actions (uninstall, disable, clear data) ask before proceeding
- Context-aware actions — System tab shows Disable; Disabled tab shows Enable; User tab shows Uninstall
- SwiftUI — Native macOS interface
- ADB — Android Debug Bridge (bundled with the app)
- Swift Concurrency — Async/await for parallel transfers
- Network.framework — mDNS service discovery for wireless pairing
- CoreImage — Image processing and thumbnail generation
- Quick Look — Native file preview via macOS default apps