MacDroid FAQ

Here’s a look at the most frequently asked questions:

MacDroid by Electronic Team, Inc. is a handy tool to mount your Android device as a disk drive to your Mac for easy data management. The app offers three modes of connection: MTP, ADB, and Wi-Fi…Read full answer

With the updated version of MacDroid, we have implemented this opportunity for users. For more information, please follow the link.

Activation of the USB Debugging Mode is required by ADB (Android Debug Bridge) which is a versatile command-line tool to communicate with Android device…Read full answer

MTP mode If an Android device is connected to your Mac via MTP mode, the mounted disk displays separately the internal phone memory data and SD card conten…Read full answer

When connecting an Android device to Mac via MTP, users periodically may run into an issue when the contents of a large folder cannot be displayed. The fold…Read full answer

If connection to the MTP device failed because it is being used by another app at the moment, you’ll be able to detect this in the device’s status…Read full answer

We recommend installing FUSE for macOS for advanced file management. The FUSE for macOS software package can be downloaded here. The onsite version of…Read full answer

We recommend installing FUSE for macOS for advanced file management. The FUSE for macOS software package can be downloaded here. The onsite version of…Read full answer

When opening the mounted internal storage of Android or MTP device in Finder, you may notice special status icons on your files. To enable or disable the…Read full answer

The special icons on your files in Finder let you know the status of your uploads. There are four icons available and their meaning is as follows…Read full answer

There are 3 types of drive mounting offered by MacDroid that you can choose from. We recommend using macOS Native Drive. However…Read full answer

ADB (or Android Debug Bridge) is a handy command-line tool that comes with Android SDK and lets you communicate with…Read full answer

MTP abbreviation stands for “Media Transfer Protocol”. This connection mode is more universal in comparison to ADB since it allows..Read full answer

Content refresh interval – choose the refresh interval of the content for each connection…Read full answer

If you use rsync to push data, you may face some problems charset issues. Existing files with non-ASCII characters…Read full answer

Learn how to customize MacDroid’s behavior, from auto-mount settings to cache management and Finder integration… Read full answer