top | item 45873350 (no title) seam_carver | 3 months ago No, you can't. You need a special app to browse a recent android phone or kindle on a mac discuss order hn newest jeroenhd|3 months 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|3 months 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|3 months 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|3 months ago MTP is slower than adb in my experience
jeroenhd|3 months 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|3 months 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|3 months 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|3 months ago MTP is slower than adb in my experience
Crestwave|3 months 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|3 months 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
jeroenhd|3 months ago
Edit: I thought Apple supported MTP but I guess they never did? That's a weird limitation for an OS to have.
Crestwave|3 months ago
Clearly a Mac user should also have an iPhone, or face the repurcussions for using a non-Apple device.
rajivm1991|3 months ago
jaimehrubiks|3 months ago