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Google's official (and free) solution to the Apple/Android integration problem is the most likely to suit. It's called Android File Transfer, and must be installed on your Mac. After it's installed, connect your Android to your Mac, via USB cable, and double click to open Android File Transfer on the computer (after the first use, the program will open automatically). Your phone should be recognized automatically, but if you run into any trouble here, try enabling USB debugging on your Android (Settings > Developer Options > Enable USB Debugging). The Android File Transfer program is pretty self-explanatory... the amount of space available on your device is shown, and you can move files and folders around between your computer and your phone.
To download Android File Transfer, click here.
For Android File Transfer support, click here.
If you aren't concerned about syncing anything but music, between your Mac and your Android, you might want to try Google Play Music, another program directly from Google. Install the app on your Android, and navigate to http://play.google.com/music on your Mac. Click Upload Music in the top right corner, then click Download the Google Play Music Manager. Once the Google Play Music Manager is installed on your computer, personalize exactly what music is uploaded to Google Play Music (all of iTunes, including playlists, is an option). After the upload is complete, your music will be available in Google Play Music, on your Android.
To download Google Play Music on your Android, click here.
To download Google Play Music Manager on your Mac, click here (then click Upload Music > Download the Google Play Music Manager.)
There are a lot more options for syncing an Android phone with an Apple computer, so if you don't like these methods, look around for others, such as Samsung Kies, HTC Sync, doubleTwist, Salling Media Sync, and SyncMate, to name a few.
2 comments:
Well, that seems straight-forward and easy. Thanks for addressing this topic! Perhaps I'm not as enslaved to Apple as I thought ...
I think one of the best things Google did to draw the attention of iOS users was to create a maps app that was so vastly superior to Apple maps. The app, in addition to your article, makes an iPhone user like me wonder if maybe ... just maybe ... perhaps ... there's a chance ... you might be on to something here with this Android thing.
It will be interesting to see how Google vs. Apple pans out, with each attempting to render the other useless.
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