Among the devices that we have at home, the mobile and the Mac are usually the most important, since they give us infinite profits and have become the center of everything else. With the intention that our files are synchronized and we can carry out all the options we need, we teach you how you can connect your mobile to the Mac in the easiest way.
Because we have a Mac, we do not have to have an iPhone and we probably prefer Android , so we will also tell you how to do it in the most widespread operating system in the world. These are relatively simple steps, which, in addition, explained clearly and concisely, will avoid mistakes during the process.
Connect an iPhone to Mac
In this case, the operating systems are prepared to make the process very simple and using Finder , the tool that Mac use to carry out synchronization. We leave iTunes aside to move on to this opinion, which is easier and offers options similar to those found previously.
The cable we need to connect it
IPhones are still attached to the Lightning cable so we will have to use this to synchronize our files. We can resort to the one we use to charge our mobile by removing the transformer or buy a new one if we are going to use it often. Depending on our Mac model, we can also find a USB Type-C station to purchase a Lightning to USB cable.
Finder options with our iPhone
As soon as you connect it, the Finder tool will appear on the screen to which we will give access to our iPhone. From that moment the administrator himself will show us everything we have on our mobile, from information about the device to the options to synchronize the content.
We can choose in the different options what types of content we want to synchronize, such as music, photos or files. When choosing the contents that we want to synchronize we will be able to mark all the photos or make a manual selection by folders. We will have to repeat these steps with each type of content we want, as well as to create a backup.
How to connect an Android mobile to Mac
Macs offer many facilities when connecting iPhones, but in Android we will have to resort to a program developed explicitly for this. The first thing we will have to do therefore is follow these steps to install the program on our Mac computer and continue the process:
- We download File Transfer.
- We double click on the package.
- We proceed to install it and accept the requirements.
We need a cable
Before we can continue we will have to find the cable we need, in Android it can be USB Type C in most cases or Micro USB if it is an input range or the mobile phone has been around for several years. We can use the one we use to charge the mobile or buy a new cable depending on our needs, since our Mac can have a USB Type-C or USB input.
Permissions on Android and sync files
Once we have connected our Android mobile to the Mac, it will ask us on the screen of our mobile if we want to charge the device or use it to transfer multimedia files or all the files . In our case we will choose all the files and the following program will appear on our computer screen with access to all the folders of the same.
Automatically we will not be able to synchronize the files as if we can do with an iPhone although we are going to be able to copy the folders and paste them on our Mac hard drive. This will allow us to have all the photos, videos, music or the desired content in our mobile and at the same time on the Mac.
When we want to synchronize the files again, we only have to do it to the same folder and our Mac will ask us if we want to combine the folders and thus avoid repeating the images or documents with the same name.