Mac air not recognising kindle fire
My Mac air does not recognise my kindle fire. Does anyone else have this problem? Icant transfer my books
MacBook Air, iOS 11.2.2
My Mac air does not recognise my kindle fire. Does anyone else have this problem? Icant transfer my books
MacBook Air, iOS 11.2.2
Ok, thanks. As you should know, your MacBook Air (MBA) comes with two USB 3 ports and a single Thunderbolt port for connecting external devices to. In this case it would be one of the USB ports for the Kindle. Did you try connecting the Kindle to both ports? Did you try using another USB cable?
There were a number of Kindle Fire devices over the years:
Uses a propriety USB connector
Uses a USB 2 connector
Uses a microUSB 2 connector
Uses a microUSB 2 connector
Which one is yours?
You mention that you are using an Android File Transfer app. I am assuming that that app runs on the Kindle ... correct?
Is it the MBA that doesn't recognize that the Kindle is attached to it or that the Kindle does not recognize that the MBA is connected when trying to use the app on the Kindle?
Ok, so I understand that you tried multiple cables and ports. Thanks.
Again, I still need your help in understanding:
Was this always an issue or just started to happen recently?
What happens when you connect your Kindle Fire to an available USB port on your MacBook Air? Did you try all of the notebook's ports? ... and try another "known good" USB cable?
In theory, when you connect your Kindle to one of the notebook's USB ports, the Kindle should display that it is entering USB Drive Mode. Also a new volume, called Kindle, should appear on your Mac ... does it?
Which exact model is your MacBook Air? Which version of macOS is it running?
I bought my Mac Air in January of this year. The Kindle Fire is about three years old. This has happened from day one. I downloaded the Android file transfer, but my computer does not acknowledge the kindle fire. I have used different USB ports, and different usb cables. So frustrating. I buy books from diff web sites and download them to my Computer.
Again, thanks for your patience with my questions.
If the Mac is not recognizing that your Kindle is attached to it, I doubt that the Android File Transfer app will have any luck doing so either. There are other apps out there that you can use, but again, they won't work if your Mac can't "see" the Kindle.
Do you have another Mac or PC available (or can borrow) to see if they can "see" the Kindle? If so, you and they don't either, the issue will be with the Kindle. If they do, then it would be your Mac ... and, at this point, I'm not sure what else we can do to get your MBA to work with it.
The following may not be helpful, but I found it at the Android Help site:
Macbooka air 7,2. Not sure what Update but updated recently
As I said, I tried both USB ports and three different usb chords. The android file transfer was what I was told to do, but it keeps telling me no android is connected.
It is a Fire 5Th generation. The Mac recognises the android file but does not find the kindle. The app runs on the Mac, when I connect the kindle it doesn’t show up anywhere.
Thank you for your time. I have been using my husband’s Dell. That works. Just wish I could use my own.
Mac air not recognising kindle fire