My Macbook Pro will not detect my samsung galaxy s6

Question

I'm trying to connect my samsung galaxy s6 to my macbook pro to run my apps from android studio; however, when I connect my phone to my mac via the usb cable that came with the phone, i get a notification on my phone that it is charging but my macbook and android studio do not detect it.

I have usb debugging on. Kies and filetransfer don't work.

I cant see the directory in finder even though I have show external disks and hard disks checked.

My phone and mac are both running the latest versions of android and OSX.

Answer 1

I was facing the issue with Samsung Note-8. My macbook pro was not detecting my phone. So, i just tried with another cable and it worked. there is no need to download samsun

Answer 2

I solve it by using android file transfer. Download it from android official website https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

Install it on Macbook Pro and connect your phone with cable and ROCK!

Answer 3

I tried with another USB cable and it worked. Its the problem with defult USB cable coming along with mobile.

Answer 4

I'm also having this issue. I've got an s6 edge and a new macbook retina pro; so it's definitely not an issue of "old mac" to new samsung.

Edit: Fixed it by chatting with samsung.

From your phone dial *#0808# then check the MTP option to enabled. Hit reboot. Also make sure to install smart switch on your computer, available at http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/smartswitch/

When the smartswitch window appears, hit the drop down menu, and then click the blue folder icon. That should do it.

Answer 5

Turns out that the cord provided by samsung is with mac computers due to OEM compatibility issues. Using a different cord with correct OEM data transfer compatibility will fix the issue.

Answer 6

Try PdaNet, it can help you find your device's driver version and match with your device.