Hi, just switched from a 4s to a S3, I knew the downside would be to lose the easy syncing and that I would have to do it all drag and drop from my mac, but Im not able to connect my S3 via USB to the mac.
If i use googles Android Transfer app then it just says no phone is connected and Kies also never recognises the phone.
I have tried switching the connection settings from storage to photos but that doesnt help.
I have read some advice on internet that says this is a bug in ICS but can anyone confirm this is actually correct?
PS I can connect wirelessly with Kies but it is very slow and clunky so want to do it via USB really.
PPS Anyone got any tips to sync with iPhoto and iTunes? Am a android newbie so could do with advice!
Open kies first. Plug your phone into the computer.
And switch byour phone sync method from camera to media giving at least 30seconds in each switch . Mine usually works far after a few and it belongs in media . With kies open on the mac.
Last edited by dfran1; August 1st, 2012 at 05:33 AM.
Hi,
I had the same issue, I upgraded from 4S to S3, on the same day I upgraded my Macbook Air to Mountain Lion.
OSx will not mount the S3 because of the file system on the phone is different, so you cant sync this way.
But samsung have made an app to solve this. Its called Easy Phone Sync. Its in the Google play store. You also need to download the app for mac from the easyphonesync website (google it)
Run it on your phone, then on the Mac, and it mounts the phone, and syncs Itunes. It will even copy pics & contacts from your Iphone back up storted on the mac.
Only limitation, it will not copy DRM protected tracks & video to your phone. But itunes songs are now DRM free.
I did all this last night, worked a treat. Hope it helps.
p.s, If you add / remove songs from your itunes library, the app will re-sync and update your phone, just as if you were syncing with an Iphone.
Actually easier than dragging and dropping...
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Bummer. I've been ready to root this baby since I got the phone a month ago, but there's just no way I can attach it to my mac. Gonna have to wait for an update or borrow somebody's pc.
5. Plug phone in to an empty USB port on the computer, not hub. (try one on the rear or a different one on the computer and even disconnect all unused hubs ect..)
6. now pull down on the phone the notification and touch the "connected as a camera or media..." this will bring up a choice
7. Whatever is the given chosen one at the moment choose the opposite then choose media device MTP as your last choice
so if media is listed then choose camera then choose media again and my computer after about 30 seconds to 60 seconds in kies shows up every time.
For the life of me I can not get my phone to work with windows (but not important since it works for me on my mac)
If if is still not working then you could have something loaded that is conflicting (like some other program, what it is I dont know, you will have to search) or ??
Best of luck to all, I don't know why these phones are soooooo picky, I am on verizon are you, it may be verizon locking them down so no root???? Just a thought.
EDIT: I had kies working on 10.7 then upgraded to 10.8, so kies continued to work
BUT on my macbook pro I tired to load kies on 10.8 and it does not connect to it, it just sits there saying connecting and never does. android file transfer does work fine on both, but that does not help the itunes transfer for you.
Last edited by dfran1; August 13th, 2012 at 05:11 PM.
Reason: kies not working on a fresh 10.8 (8-13-2013)
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it works great...it doesn't "sync" but for dragging and dropping and file management from your computer its outstanding...you can even send and receive SMS messages while the phone is connected...i really like it
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Hi, just switched from a 4s to a S3, I knew the downside would be to lose the easy syncing and that I would have to do it all drag and drop from my mac, but Im not able to connect my S3 via USB to the mac.
If i use googles Android Transfer app then it just says no phone is connected and Kies also never recognises the phone.
I have tried switching the connection settings from storage to photos but that doesnt help.
I have read some advice on internet that says this is a bug in ICS but can anyone confirm this is actually correct?
PS I can connect wirelessly with Kies but it is very slow and clunky so want to do it via USB really.
PPS Anyone got any tips to sync with iPhoto and iTunes? Am a android newbie so could do with advice!
If you are still looking for a sync tool for Mac and your Galaxy - take a look at SyncMate, it syncs data on Mac with Android wirelessly. Hope this helps.
I Just bought my Galaxy S3 4G and tried to sync the songs via USB cord that are on my Macbook Pro to the phone, but when I connected it after downloading the "Android File Transfer" app, it responds with, "No Android Device Found. Please connect your Android device with a USB cable to get started". Any suggestions?
My wife just made the switch from Apple, love the phone but every sync process (minus google tools and dropbox) do not work. Seems MACs do not care for MTP mode any longer. Anyone found run into this problem as well (hope not user error) and any solutions? Thanks in advance tom
My wife just made the switch from Apple, love the phone but every sync process (minus google tools and dropbox) do not work. Seems MACs do not care for MTP mode any longer. Anyone found run into this problem as well (hope not user error) and any solutions? Thanks in advance tom
I have a mac as my primary PC, but find the android file transfer to be quite crappy. I have quite a few gripes with it, but the dumbest oversight they've made is not letting you switch the folder view. If you copy lots of things into one folder and your list fills up the window, you essentially can't move more thing into that window by dragging and dropping...
Anyway, I was just wondering if there was an alternative way of copying stuff across? I wanted to use Kies, but apparently that doesn't work on Mountain Lion.
My wife just made the switch from Apple, love the phone but every sync process (minus google tools and dropbox) do not work. Seems MACs do not care for MTP mode any longer. Anyone found run into this problem as well (hope not user error) and any solutions? Thanks in advance tom
Using Samsung official sync software "Kies." You will be able to sync music and everything, but the software seems outdated and will not recognize your S3 but another random phone. It does the job though! It's a free software, google it.
I don't mind using wifi, but since it's generally much slower than USB it isn't preferable.
So you use Estrongs, but why do you specifically need to use FTP on the server side? Is it not possible to just do a folder connection (smb or cifs)?
A simple, but not as convenient, alternative is AirDroid. It's less convenient because you have to establish a connection every time, but the user interface is much nicer than an FTP client.
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Read your message in that thread. How is Kies working for you on ML (10.8)? It won't even install on mine. I have allowed third-party installs by the way.
Last edited by seeafish; August 13th, 2012 at 06:57 AM.
Last night I installed iSyncr on my GSIII (US Cellular), and the desktop version 3.6 for my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.8.) I had tried using Samsung Kies with no luck. In reading the install instructions for iSyncr I went back and installed and then with the Kies uninstaller, I uninstalled Kies properly.
It was then very easy to sync my iTunes music with my GSIII. I am using the stock music player to listen to music, and all is working very well. The iSyncr app was updated recently to fix issues with the GSIII.
I'm on Mac version 10.6.8 and kies air works great (wifi). Although it tells me I need Java update to be able to transfer multiple files at once. The only issue is, Mac does there own Java updates and it says it is up to date. I deal with it.
Read your message in that thread. How is Kies working for you on ML (10.8)? It won't even install on mine. I have allowed third-party installs by the way.
I had it installed on 10.7 and upgraded to 10.8 and it worked, but it was installed.
I'll try on my macbook pro latter and get back to you, I have not installed on that yet so??
Hi, Tried installing the latest version of Kies from the Samsung site on my Mountain Lion 10.8 and it comes up with an error that it cannot proceed OSX 10.7 is the supported version. where did you get your version of Kies from ?
right click on the install kies file and choose pacifist.app
when in pacifist select the kies top file then click install.
BUT kies just sits there saying connecting with a spinning sync arrow
I tried to reload the driver by opening kies and going to the tools drop down and then selecting driver.
Still nothing
I will edit my other post to reflect that one should have kies loaded prior to upgrading to 10.8, that does work for me.
You may want to try these to see if it works for you, but I doubt it, but still worth a try, a note that I do not have itunes properly configured on my macbook as I dont want it on there, so maybe it would work for you?
let us know
best of luck
Last edited by dfran1; August 13th, 2012 at 05:06 PM.
Thanks for posting your findings! I think we just need to wait for samsung to pull their fingers out and make Kies work for ML. Perhaps we should all just email them so they'll take quicker action? I believe it's something to do with ML being the first OS X that's exclusively 64bit, thus drivers and such need to be rewritten to support the instruction set. Lion was 32 and 64 to get devs ready for the 64 bit switch, but I guess SOME just didn't bother!
Tbh, I can't actually remember why I wanted keys anymore heh. Playing with my new droid device for a week and I've already found good ways to transfer music, do backups, and sync other stuff over... but would still be nice for fw updates perhaps?
Last edited by seeafish; August 13th, 2012 at 05:16 PM.
I have a Mac (10.8), a Galaxy S3, and some music. I want to put the music (currently residing on the Mac) onto the Galaxy S3 for free. Seems simple right?
WWWRRRRROOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!
Tried a plethora of different programs:
Doubletwist: Nope. Galaxy S3 does not support USB Mass Storage (Seriously Samsung?). AirSync apparently works (although I'm sure it takes forever to put an entire library of songs onto a device), but you have to pay for it.
Tune4Mac MP4 Converter: This developer can barely speak English let alone make a decent program.
Isyncr: 20 song upload limit for the free version. Have heard awful things about this program as well.
Kies: Does not recognize my phone.
KiesAir: Same deal.
Android File Transfer: Make it three that don't recognize my phone.
TuneSync Server: Just plainly doesn't open.
NoteBurner M4V: Terrible.
Are Mac/Galaxy S3 users SOL? Or is there a way around this conundrum?
Hi,
I had the same issue, I upgraded from 4S to S3, on the same day I upgraded my Macbook Air to Mountain Lion.
OSx will not mount the S3 because of the file system on the phone is different, so you cant sync this way.
But samsung have made an app to solve this. Its called Easy Phone Sync. Its in the Google play store. You also need to download the app for mac from the easyphonesync website (google it)
Run it on your phone, then on the Mac, and it mounts the phone, and syncs Itunes. It will even copy pics & contacts from your Iphone back up storted on the mac.
Only limitation, it will not copy DRM protected tracks & video to your phone. But itunes songs are now DRM free.
I did all this last night, worked a treat. Hope it helps.
Warren.
I tried the Play Store and scroll all the way but the Application with the above name is just not there unless may be it has another name.
I tried the Play Store and scroll all the way but the Application with the above name is just not there unless may be it has another name.
I think I found your problem
a quote of the website
"Before you can use the Easy Phone Sync application on your PC and Mac it is important to check that the Easy Phone Sync app has been installed and run on your Samsung Galaxy device. The Galaxy Sync app is currently only available in the UK and is only supported on specific Samsung devices."
Hi,
I had the same issue, I upgraded from 4S to S3, on the same day I upgraded my Macbook Air to Mountain Lion.
OSx will not mount the S3 because of the file system on the phone is different, so you cant sync this way.
But samsung have made an app to solve this. Its called Easy Phone Sync. Its in the Google play store. You also need to download the app for mac from the easyphonesync website (google it)
Run it on your phone, then on the Mac, and it mounts the phone, and syncs Itunes. It will even copy pics & contacts from your Iphone back up storted on the mac.
Only limitation, it will not copy DRM protected tracks & video to your phone. But itunes songs are now DRM free.
I did all this last night, worked a treat. Hope it helps.
Warren.
I'm currently in the process of using this program. It's taking about 3 minutes to sync a single song. I have 2800 in my library. Only 140 hours to sync. Wicked.
If you have an affinity for Kies (For some reason) but still want to sync iTunes playlists, use iSyncr + iSyncr WiFi - cheaper still than AirSync at $3.99 (AirSync by DT is 4.99) and USB syncing will, of course, be faster than WiFi. USB to G3 iSyncr can do, where DT relies on AirSync only.
There is another thing that nobody seems to have flagged up yet - if you have updated your phone to the BLFB then Kies/Android File Transfer/Etc. WILL NOT WORK.
If you have BLFB you CANNOT connect to OSX by cable in any way that is useful. XNJB will let you connect, but its not designed for Android so is little use.
Yes, you can use Air Droid... but try copying an HD movie across using it!
Samsung really need to get their shit together and sort it out.
right click on the install kies file and choose pacifist.app
when in pacifist select the kies top file then click install.
BUT kies just sits there saying connecting with a spinning sync arrow
I tried to reload the driver by opening kies and going to the tools drop down and then selecting driver.
Still nothing
I will edit my other post to reflect that one should have kies loaded prior to upgrading to 10.8, that does work for me.
You may want to try these to see if it works for you, but I doubt it, but still worth a try, a note that I do not have itunes properly configured on my macbook as I dont want it on there, so maybe it would work for you?
let us know
best of luck
I have now 2 other computers running kies on Mac osx 10.8.1
Use pacifist above to load the main kies then open kies. Check for updates and do the kies update ,reboot mac
Do all that with no phone connected.
After reboot connect the phone with it unlocked
And kies should detect the phone in a few minutes if not toggle camera mode back to media device
Or follow my step by step guide above, I will edit it later for the 10.8 setup
Last edited by dfran1; September 22nd, 2012 at 04:47 AM.
if you update the att s3 it will not connect with the mac i latest update on mac also tried everything called samsung no help also att. iam going to usr all these work arounds. i expect this phone to work with my computers.
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