android file transfer not working on Ventura

I use a usb cable to connect my M2 MacBook Air (Ventura) to my Android phone ... Downloaded the Android file transfer software to my computer ... Started the software and everything works ok ... Perhaps you need the latest version of the Android file transfer software.

I got Android File Transfer to work on a Mac in Ventura by going into System Preferences, then removing several startup applications: Google Drive and Preview. It was that easy. Restart your computer.

Found the problem with Android File Transfer not working in Ventura. Start up item surprise. Go into Prefs then make sure Preview and another program, forget at moment, are not on the Startup list.

Still no love for me. On my Macbook Pro (13.2.1) neither Drive nor Preview is running. Trying to connect a Pixel 6 (Android v13). Oddly, when I connect the phone to my 2012 Mac Mini with High Sierra, AFT comes right up. AFT version is the same on both Macs. I will note that I also tried a couple other transfer apps on the laptop, and none of them works, either. I get the same connection problems (app sees the phone but won't connect to it). Appears to be something with Ventura.

@kmsharif, you're a lifesaver. Thank you for saving hours of troubleshooting....I closed this **** Preview and was able to get Android File Transfer working.....Can't believe Apple is creating cross-wires like these.

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

I have followed everything I have read in reply to this post and have still come up short. Oddly enough, my wife's phone will work on my MacBook (Ventura), but my phone doesn't connect...but my phone does connect to her MacBook (Monterey). I have closed Google Drive, and preview, as well as gone to "Force Quit Applications" and made sure nothing else was running...no success! Man...this is frustrating!!

Absolutely none of these solutions worked for me.

M1 Max running Sonoma and Android File Transfer if it starts inevitably crashes before I can do anything or it just stops working and I have to force quit.

This behaviour is insane given USB is a STANDARD and quite frankly the only reason it doesn't work on Macs is the same reason Macs don't proper mount Android phones as storage devices... because Apple doesn't want them too and just ignores the standards.

I've been an Apple user for over a decade and own four macs, two iPads and a Studio Display but I don't want to have to but a $2,400 iPhone to be able to manage files on my mobile device.

This problem has a simple fix and I'm sure Apple could implement in a few key strokes but it's more important to maintain the garden walls than to maintain standards.

Pretty sure this post will be taken down and I'll be admonished for speaking ill of the Apple overlaords but that is the simple truth. Good luck!

Sorry, it didn't help.

Thank you for the reply. I really appreciate it. Unfortunately, I don't have Dropbox installed on either my phone or MacBook.

Thank you so much, albpetto-apcommun, for having pointed out the Dropbox issue.

Switching it off resolved the issue!

This workaround saved my day. Thank you! What a shame that Apple hasn't already fixed the issue after so long. I guess they want us to move to iPhone.