How transfer photos from android to iMac?

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How transfer photos from android to iMac?

How do I send photos and documents from my android phone to iMac and the other way around.

I tried the Smart Switch for Mac app on the iMac, and Smart Switch for android app on my phone, but nothing worked. It just seems to transfer files from phone to another phone, or computer to another computer.

As I said bevor, all I want to do is transfer photos and documents from my Samsung phone to my iMac and the other way around. It used to be very simple not too long ago. Can somebody tell me what apps are needed today to do this?

There are so many listed on the Google Play Store. I believe you need a file transfer app on both your computer and phone. Could it actually be that no app is compatible with the Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71) software yet?

Posted on Jan 27, 2024 4:26 PM

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den.thed

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Jan 27, 2024 5:41 PM in response to margalina

I've successfully used Android File Transfer off and on over the years.

https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

https://support.google.com/android/answer/9064445?

see > Option 1: Move files with you Google Account

or > Option 2: Move files with USB cable > Mac computer

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Jan 27, 2024 4:35 PM in response to margalina

One option would be to download/upload the photos and files to/from the Mac using an internet browser on the Mac and going to Google Photos and Google Drive

https://photos.google.com/

https://drive.google.com/drive/home

or install the Google app on the Mac: https://www.google.com/drive/download/

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jocabtxz

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Jan 28, 2024 6:45 PM in response to margalina

Google Drive or One Drive. Move the photos and documents on your phone and sign in your account on iMac. Those files will be synced to iMac automacatically.

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Jan 28, 2024 8:54 AM in response to margalina

The Google Drive app for Macs and for Windows has an option to backup photos from the Mac to Google Photos but it doesn't sync photos with Google Photos (e.g., if you delete on either the Mac or on Google photos, the deletion only occurs in the one location).

Also see: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124?hl=en&ref_topic=11413606&sjid=15509726521235904559-NC

and

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/12178485?hl=en&ref_topic=11413606&sjid=15509726521235904559-NC

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den.thed

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Jan 28, 2024 12:37 PM in response to margalina

You're welcome.

You need to set the Android phone settings, so that it can use USB for file transfer.

Specific instructions very depending on the Phone and OS version.

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margalina Author

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Jan 27, 2024 5:31 PM in response to margalina

hank you so much for your quick response. I downloaded and installed the Google app (your third suggested option), but did not start it yet. My question now is, will I be able to transfer photos from the Google Photos app or just the ones in my Google Drive app? And can I choose which photos I want to transfer or would it transfer all of them?

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margalina Author

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Jan 27, 2024 5:33 PM in response to margalina

Thank you so much for your quick response. I downloaded and installed the Google app (your third suggested option), but did not start it yet. My question now is, will I be able to transfer photos from the Google Photos app or just the ones in my Google Drive app? And can I choose which photos I want to transfer or would it transfer all of them?

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margalina Author

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Jan 28, 2024 10:26 AM in response to den.thed

Thank you for your response. I tried it with file transfer on my Mac and it said, "can't access device storage, make sure file transfer or MPT is selected."

Do I have to get file transfer app on my device (android phone) too?

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margalina Author

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Jan 28, 2024 2:41 PM in response to den.thed

I don't think it has anything to do with the android phone settings. I used the Android Files Transfer app for years and it worked perfectly. It also can't be caused by the USB cable, I tried two different ones. I believe the problem is caused by my software update to Sonoma 14.2.1. I hope Apple will fix this soon. (I also tried Smart Switch for Mac which didn't work either.) Thank you again for your assistance.

Best, margalina

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margalina Author

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Jan 28, 2024 2:49 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you very much for your response. All I needed to do was transfer a few photos from Google Photos to Mac Photos, and Google Drive doesn't work for this. Thanks again,

margalina

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