← Back to context Comment by seam_carver 1 day ago No, you can't. You need a special app to browse a recent android phone or kindle on a mac 4 comments seam_carver Reply jeroenhd 1 day ago That's pretty annoying. I swear you used to be able to, what changed?Edit: I thought Apple supported MTP but I guess they never did? That's a weird limitation for an OS to have. Crestwave 1 day ago It makes a lot more sense when you consider that Apple's business model relies heavily on keeping customers locked into their ecosystem.Clearly a Mac user should also have an iPhone, or face the repurcussions for using a non-Apple device. rajivm1991 9 hours ago macOS has limited support for MTP.. native browsing of Android devices is very limited or broken. Using ADB is admittedly a workaround, but it provides broader device compatibility and control, especially on newer Android versions jaimehrubiks 1 day ago MTP is slower than adb in my experience
jeroenhd 1 day ago That's pretty annoying. I swear you used to be able to, what changed?Edit: I thought Apple supported MTP but I guess they never did? That's a weird limitation for an OS to have. Crestwave 1 day ago It makes a lot more sense when you consider that Apple's business model relies heavily on keeping customers locked into their ecosystem.Clearly a Mac user should also have an iPhone, or face the repurcussions for using a non-Apple device. rajivm1991 9 hours ago macOS has limited support for MTP.. native browsing of Android devices is very limited or broken. Using ADB is admittedly a workaround, but it provides broader device compatibility and control, especially on newer Android versions jaimehrubiks 1 day ago MTP is slower than adb in my experience
Crestwave 1 day ago It makes a lot more sense when you consider that Apple's business model relies heavily on keeping customers locked into their ecosystem.Clearly a Mac user should also have an iPhone, or face the repurcussions for using a non-Apple device.
rajivm1991 9 hours ago macOS has limited support for MTP.. native browsing of Android devices is very limited or broken. Using ADB is admittedly a workaround, but it provides broader device compatibility and control, especially on newer Android versions
That's pretty annoying. I swear you used to be able to, what changed?
Edit: I thought Apple supported MTP but I guess they never did? That's a weird limitation for an OS to have.
It makes a lot more sense when you consider that Apple's business model relies heavily on keeping customers locked into their ecosystem.
Clearly a Mac user should also have an iPhone, or face the repurcussions for using a non-Apple device.
macOS has limited support for MTP.. native browsing of Android devices is very limited or broken. Using ADB is admittedly a workaround, but it provides broader device compatibility and control, especially on newer Android versions
MTP is slower than adb in my experience