Apple MacOS can't work properly with MTP via USB (for example Android to Mac USB type C)

Supzer0 wrote:

who is this bokoblin?

ptpcamerad?

how to turn your signalizer off?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/0f3e1365-847b-4fa6-8afa-881dabeebfd0

There is no "bokoblin" in your screenshot, and you haven't explained what a "signalizer" is.

As for "pid 900" and "ptpcamerad", I can make an educated guess. These refer to a background system process (in BSD Unix terms, a "daemon"), whose name suggests that it supports PTP transfers from digital cameras. PTP is an alternative transfer mode to the USB Mass Storage Class that most USB storage devices use. MTP appears to be built on PTP but with more features and extensions.

https://sites.google.com/site/learneverythings/android/usb-connections-mtp-ptp-and-usb-mass-storage

"ptpcamerad" breaks down roughy as "PTP" "Camera" "d(aemon)". The "pid" stands for Process IDentifier, and "pid 900" tells you that your "ptpcamerad" was process #900.

In their article, Google says:

If you have an older Android device, you may be forced to use USB mass storage. On a modern Android device, you have a choice between MTP and PTP — you should use MTP unless you have software that only supports PTP.

Have you tried setting up your Android device to use PTP instead of MTP? Or, if it has a removable microSD card, transferring data by temporarily taking that card out of the phone and putting it into a USB card reader so that the Mac can mount the card directly as a drive?

Supzer0 wrote:

BUT, when you trying to use type-c to type-c cable MTP don't run (you just charging your connected device).

You might want to check that you are using a USB-C to USB-C cable that is rated for carrying data. Some aren't, you know. If someone builds a cable that only connects the pins that carry traditional 5V power, that is not in any way the fault of the "rotten apple gods" you referred to in your post.

Charging + no data transfer would be a classic symptom of using a charging-only cable.

Especially when you say that things work if you use a USB-C to USB-A adapter. I doubt if any of those know or care about the difference between USB Mass Storage Class, PTP, and MTP. They're just taking traditional USB 1/2/3 off one connector and putting it on another (both ways).

any progress with this issue?

I'm using the following temporary solution, which kills the problematic process every second.

watch -n 1 "sudo pkill -9 ptpcamerad"

I'm curious if Apple is genuinely willing to solve this issue.

Hi Supzer0,

Thanks for reaching out to the community. If you like to see features added to media transfers, leave feedback directly for Apple. You can leave feedback through the link below.

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Have a nice day.