PhoneBridge
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Your Android files,
as easy as Finder

A macOS app for browsing and moving the photos, videos and documents on an Android phone or tablet connected over USB.

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FreeOpen source (MIT)Notarized by ApplemacOS 15+Apple silicon

Just what you need, the way you know it

There’s nothing to install on your phone. Just plug in the cable and choose “File transfer”.

Connection help

When a device isn’t ready, PhoneBridge tells you why (USB mode, a locked screen, another app using it) and how to fix it.

Familiar browsing

Move through folders just like in Finder, with sorting, search, thumbnails and Quick Look.

Safe transfers

Copy files both ways between Mac and Android. When you replace a file, the original stays until the new copy has fully arrived. Progress, cancel and retry are built in.

Drag to Finder

Drag files from the PhoneBridge window into Finder or onto your desktop to copy them.

Finder sidebarmacOS 26+

Your phone’s storage appears under Locations in the Finder sidebar. It’s read-only by default, so nothing gets deleted by accident.

English · 한국어

Available in English and Korean. Switch languages in Settings and the change applies right away, without restarting.

Opens when you plug in

Turn it on in Settings and PhoneBridge opens by itself when you connect your phone. Off by default.

iPhone & iPad photosPreview

Browse photos and videos on an iPhone or iPad, import them to your Mac or delete them. Not yet verified on a real device.

Your data never leaves your Mac

No sign-up, ads, usage tracking or automatic crash reports. The app runs in a sandbox with no network permission, so macOS blocks its internet access. File names and device serial numbers are kept out of the system log, too.

Read the privacy policy →

Install

Choose whichever you prefer. Each one installs the same Apple-notarized app.

DMG

Open the downloaded PhoneBridge.dmg and drag PhoneBridge into your Applications folder. That’s it.

Download PhoneBridge.dmg

Earlier versions and release notes are on the releases page.

Terminal

Installs only after checking the checksum, the developer signature and Apple notarization.

curl -fsSL https://github.com/garam918/phonebridge/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash

To install into ~/Applications without admin rights, add -s -- --user to the end of the command.

Homebrew

On Homebrew 7 or later, trust this tap once before installing.

brew trust --cask garam918/phonebridge/phonebridge
brew install --cask garam918/phonebridge/phonebridge

Requirements

  • A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later)
  • macOS 15 Sequoia or later
  • macOS 26 or later for the Finder sidebar (on earlier versions, everything else works in the PhoneBridge window)
  • A USB cable that supports data transfer (the device won’t show up over a charge-only cable)
  • “File transfer” selected as the phone’s USB mode