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Q: Samsung Phone not recognized

I have a Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S phone that I am trying to transfer pictures over to my Mac. I plug the phone into the Mac, turn it on, but the IPhoto does not recognize it. The phone beeps, but the Mac, nothing. I also have a MacBook Pro 17' that I tried it on and it does the same thing. I bought the 13" at the end of November and it has the latest and greatest versions of Snow Leopard and ILife. Any help on getting it to transfer over?

MacBook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 1, 2011 8:37 AM

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  • by Osho1,

    Osho1 Osho1 Feb 17, 2014 12:37 AM in response to Shabab28
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    Feb 17, 2014 12:37 AM in response to Shabab28

    The best way to do this is to download  Android File Transfer from android.com/filetransfer

     

    Download and install.

     

    And you are done.

  • by chrys9,

    chrys9 chrys9 Apr 18, 2014 7:38 AM in response to jkohio
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    Apr 18, 2014 7:38 AM in response to jkohio

    Hi

     

    I've tried this and it didn't work. The message 'Could not connect to device' and 'Try recoonecting or restarting your device' kept coming up.

     

    Maybe it's the rsult of the continuing lawsuit betwene the two companies resulting io each tryong to frustrate the user of the other's products.

     

    Used to work with the old USB storage methogd. Don;t know why Sansung went and changed a working arrangement.

     

    Got any other suggestions?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Apr 18, 2014 8:24 AM in response to chrys9
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    Apr 18, 2014 8:24 AM in response to chrys9

    Contact Sansung support - this does not inovlve iPhoto for the Mac in any way - the iPhoto works just fine with phones that work using standard connect methods and has not changed - - you need help from the phone support

     

    LN

  • by Akoji,

    Akoji Akoji May 11, 2014 4:53 AM in response to chrys9
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    May 11, 2014 4:53 AM in response to chrys9

    go to developer settings and enable USB DEBUGGING then try connecting to the android transfer app. Goodluck!

  • by geetshah,

    geetshah geetshah May 13, 2014 12:55 PM in response to STR22
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    May 13, 2014 12:55 PM in response to STR22

    Thanks it worked...

  • by jane from sheffield,

    jane from sheffield jane from sheffield Jun 19, 2014 9:20 AM in response to Spikestrip
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    Jun 19, 2014 9:20 AM in response to Spikestrip

    This is the answer! Over 600 photos and a dozen videos now successfully saved. Thank goodness!

  • by veganbikerbabe,

    veganbikerbabe veganbikerbabe Jun 25, 2014 10:08 PM in response to Akoji
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    Jun 25, 2014 10:08 PM in response to Akoji

    In order to do this, you have to have access to that option, which is lost when you do the new OS upgrade, so this info is CRUCIAL:http://androidcentral.us/2013/11/enable-developers-options-android-4-4-kitkat/

    So, I at least got this far, still...my PC can't keep the connection for any reasonable duration and as for my Mac, doesn't acknowledge any connection to the phone for longer than a split second, and yes...I'm using the USB cable that can with the phone. This is just nuts. Backing up any device should NOT be this hard!!!

  • by Undefinedlee,

    Undefinedlee Undefinedlee Aug 26, 2014 8:57 PM in response to vc.
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    Aug 26, 2014 8:57 PM in response to vc.

    Hi I just got my Galaxy Note 2 and For some reason it wont connect to my Macbook. I Connect the phone to the USB and nothing happens. The USB screen where it shows you connected it to a USB does not not show. All it does is charge. I really want to put music on my phone but I cant

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 26, 2014 9:11 PM in response to Undefinedlee
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    Aug 26, 2014 9:11 PM in response to Undefinedlee

    contact Galaxy support - it is not an iPhoto issue - iPhoto works fine it the phone is set up correctly and meets normal camera standards - sometimes this can be resolved using the phone setting for mass storage settings while the phone is connected

     

    LN

  • by hawkeyefxr,

    hawkeyefxr hawkeyefxr Apr 27, 2016 5:19 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Apr 27, 2016 5:19 AM in response to LarryHN

    The perfect cure is Android File Transfer, download it from the web. It knock spots off of Samsung Kies.

  • by WolfCreekKid,

    WolfCreekKid WolfCreekKid Aug 18, 2016 12:06 PM in response to Shabab28
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    Aug 18, 2016 12:06 PM in response to Shabab28

    Shabab28,

              I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart! I worked with this telephone for hours and read many posts with suggestions and NONE of them worked. But, using a micro USB cable is the answer!! I had NO idea that the phone would operate with the cord 'split' like that. The other side must provide power? Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you! This was a TOUGH challenge that burned up a bunch of precious time.

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