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oakleykid68 Author

Level 1

0 points

Kies Does Not Work on Mac OS Mt Lion 10.8

Hi Guys & Gals,

Really need yr help on this issue. Even the tech support could not resolve tis issue.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and it cannot be sync to my macbook pro running on Mountain Lion Ver 10.8 OS. I have updated its Kies and even used the older ver of the Kies App, and still could not update my Galaxy Note to my mac. With the older ver of the Kies, it could be updated but ever since the new updates on Kies and samsung website, Mac could not recognise my Galaxy Note.

I have brought my Note to Samsung Tech Support in SIngapore, where i live and asked them to help me. They could not!! But the phone could only be recognised on the Windows software n Windows OS. What I suspect is that Kies may have issues on Mac drivers for Kies app for Mac softwares. Samsung tech support has yet to get back to me on this issue and it has been 2 days. Sigh........

Pls help!!

Thank you

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 31, 2012 3:51 PM

26 replies

canoad56

Level 1

4 points

Aug 29, 2012 2:30 PM in response to canoad56

Sorry, I meant stephenbeck22 not Tofufah !

Sep 5, 2012 10:45 AM in response to oakleykid68

Hi,

I have done the full workaround with Unarchiever, but Kies does not even load when I click on it. This means I can't solve potential synchronisation problems either.

I am connecting a Samsung IG9100 to a Macbook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and only need Kies for the unbranded ICS update.

What can I do?

Thanks

brainfreezer

suat103

Level 1

4 points

Oct 11, 2012 1:57 AM in response to oakleykid68

I downoaded a previous version of Kies (KiesMac_1.2.0.12012_6_9) and problem solved.

Plunjer

Level 1

14 points

Nov 3, 2012 10:14 AM in response to Tofufah

Thanks ! That did work ! I didn't have that auto notification box selected originally but I selected it when last trying to connect. Reopened Kies, deselected it, closed and reopened Kies again, and voila... phone connected 🙂

Sheba56

Level 1

5 points

Nov 4, 2012 6:07 AM in response to oakleykid68

Well what I did was download Kies Air to my Galaxy Note. Then plugged in the USB to my mac and opened Safari and entered the URL address that comes up on Galaxy Note. It brings up all the stuff on phone that you can download or upload.

Sheba

Dec 28, 2012 9:07 PM in response to Tofufah

Hi,

I am dropping this since none of the above solutions work for me.

I have OSX 10.8, latest KIES and I also have tried the old 1.2 version of KIES

Unchecking automatic "update" does not work neither with Samsung Ch@t 335 😟

I always get a message "This device is not supported by KIES" that I find hard to believe.

Anybody has found a solution since August 2012? 🙂

Dec 28, 2012 10:20 PM in response to Tofufah

Hi Tofufah

Thanks for that, worked a treat !!

Stephen

Plunjer

Level 1

14 points

Dec 29, 2012 12:35 PM in response to CheGiwera

Well, after that worked, an update to the phone and once again back to square one.

My new solution.... selling the Galaxy once Blackberry 10 launches... at least their Desktop Software and phones played nicely with Macs !

Jean-Luc

Level 1

8 points

Apr 7, 2013 9:21 PM in response to oakleykid68

I bought a Samsung note 2 and

Kies software for mac Kies_2.0.0.13023_10_1.dmg does not recognize samsung Note 2

Any idiea for another software to synchronyse my contacts and tasks ?

Plunjer

Level 1

14 points

Apr 8, 2013 1:55 PM in response to Jean-Luc

Well if your main concern is contact syncing, then maybe best to sync via Google (Gmail). Open your Mac address book, go into preferences, Accounts, On My Mac (Local), and syncronise with Google. Enter your Gmail info. Then on your note you can go into accounts and make sure it is set to sync with Gmail. You can Google this info further as there will be thorough explanations to be found if needed.

Feb 2, 2016 8:00 PM in response to oakleykid68

If your Samsung Kies cannot work on Mac OS Mt Lion 10.8, you can uninstall it and install again to check whether the version is proper, so you can check on http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/kies

Then, if it still fails in connecting, it is possible to install a Kies Air on the device so a url will occur to you on the phone. Next, go to the Mac to input the url on the Safari to connect them. That can help you manage your phone data with Samsung Kies on Mac.

Kies Does Not Work on Mac OS Mt Lion 10.8