android file transfer not working on Ventura

I stopped getting Allow/Deny prompts recently.

Had to uninstall Smart Switch application (drivers removed during uninstallation) as well for AFT to connect again.

> Perhaps the app needs to be updated for the new OS. Contact the makers if it.

Good luck with that. Author of Android File Transfer - Google itself.

I just talked to Google support - they have no clue and no plans on supporting Android File Transfer. Even worse, there is no dev support on Android File Transfer anymore, and the team does not exist anymore. It is a dead project.

My guess is - in some time this app (Android File Transfer) will completely disappear in the same way as Google killed numerous other applications.

Time to look for some alternatives.

Quitting Preview finally allowed me to connect to the device, thanks! It was extremely flaky, droppping the connection several times, but in the end I was able to transfer the files I needed. Not sure why Preview is involved with the problem, and not certain that it will work next time, but this helped.

That was 100% exactly the issue. I tried creating a new profile and that worked. Then was thinking it something to do with local setup of the account. Simply quitting Google drive solved the issue. Just to confirm it was already in debug mode and file transfer setting and connecting to different mac worked instantly.

Actually you have to more than quit Google Drive and Preview. You need to go into System Preferences, Startup items. Remove them from the Startup Items. Restart your computer. Android File Transfer finally worked after months of frustration and partial solutions.

Big Thanks 👍🏻, I turned off the Google Drive app, the problem was solved

Here is how I solved the problem. You need to go to Startup items in system preferences for Ventura. Remove Google Drive and preview. Just quitting these programs did not work. This works for me.

omg I can't believe that this actually worked for me. Went to Activity Monitor, force closed Dropbox Process Name and voilá. Can open Android File Transfer again. Thanks a lot!

Quit not only Preview but Photos too.

I had the same issue on Sonoma. Quitting the Google Drive app really helped.

Thanks a lot!

Thank you. I have the same bug, and quitting Preview helped to overcome it.

This is outrageously ridiculous that something like this is required.

It seems to me that apple should hire not 2 but at least 3 students to work on their operating system.

UPDATE: I gave up. I got rid of Android File Transfer and installed Open MTP on my Macbook. Works fine.

Quitting the Dropbox desktop app in Ventura 13.5 worked for me.