Try These 7 Ways to Transfer Photos from Mac to Android

Basil Rathbone

• Filed to: Android Transfer • Proven solutions

Well, it might be hard to transfer photos from Mac to Android Device, and especially when you don't know how to transfer photos from Mac to Android. But what if we tell you a few best ways to import your photos from Mac to Android, and also teach you how to do it? Won't that be super easy and barely inconvenient?

So, that's exactly what we are going to do today, we are going to tell you 7 best methods you can try to export photos from Mac to Android, you can choose whichever suits best to your needs, and also, we will be telling you our conclusion of the best method at the end. So, stick with us till the end.

Part 1. The Best Way to Transfer Photos from Mac to Android.

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Let's dive into this part and learn 'How to Import Photos from Mac to Android Using iSkysoft'?

Step 1 Download the dr.fone - Phone Manager (Android) Once you have downloaded it, you can install it on your Mac, and run the program on your Mac.

Step 2 Connect your Android Phone with the Mac using a USB cable. Now, as you are inside the program, you will see different data tabs on top menu shelf of the window i.e. Music, Photos, Videos, etc.

Step 3 Once you are in the Photos tab, you will notice an "Add" button, at the top left side of the window, choose the "Add Files" option that you will see from a drop-down menu after clicking the "Add" button. Once you have selected the photos, just click "OK". That's done.

See, that's how easy it is to transfer your photos from Mac to Android.

Part 2. How to Use AirDroid to Transfer Photos from Mac to Android.

Airdroid is basically an app that uses a web browser, and a wifi connection to let you access your Android phone remotely or from a Mac and Window, so that means you can basically access to your android data on your Mac, and then move photos from Mac to Android. It's pretty complicated, but it's free, and it's wireless.

How to move photos from Mac to Android using AirDroid?

Step 1 At first, download and install AirDroid on your Android from the play store. Once installed, launch AirDroid on your PC, and login into it or signup.

Step 2 Now connect your Mac and phone with the same Wifi, it needs to be the same wifi, so make sure that it is.

Step 3 Now, once you are into the AirDroid, you might spot something like "AirDroid Web" mentioned with two URLs below it, one of the URLs will contain an IP address. It would go like "http://192.168.1.15:8888", where "192.168.1.15:8888" is the IP address.

Step 4 On your Mac, open your browser, and put the IP address in the URL bar, the same IP address that you got from the AirDroid app on your Android.

Step 5 As soon you enter the IP address, a popup from AirDroid should appear, that will give you an Accept or Decline choice, just "Accept" it.

This should establish the connection between both your devices, once done, you can proceed to import photos from Mac to Android.

What about transferring the files?

Step 6 Once you are in the AirDroid app after accepting it in the above step, you will see a new window on your Mac that will have different types of data folders, just click on the "File" icon. It should take you to a File Browser window.

Step 7 Now to move photos from Mac to Android, just navigate to the folder in which the photos are.

Click the "Upload File" option on the top right corner, this will allow you to choose the files that you want to transfer. Select the files in the new window, and drag and drop those to copy photos from your Mac to Android.

Part 3. Another Good Way: Android File Transfer

Android File Transfer is another great free tool to transfer photos from Mac to Android. It simply uses the basic USB connection file transfer method, but provide is reliability and functionalities over it. It's just a tool to simply transfer your data to or from your Android devices. It's a simple and 3 step method, that provides you with a hassle-free solution to your transfer needs.

Step 1 You need to install the Android File Transfer first to start with the transfer between your Mac and Android. So simply go to the Android File Transfer website, download the software, install it on your Mac.

Step 2 Now, you need to connect your Android to your Mac. As this method works with the wired connection, you will require a compatible USB cable, use that cable to connect your android with the Mac. Once connected, choose MTP (Media Transfer) option on your Android device among the 3 kinds of listed actions for USB.

Step 3 Once your device is connected, half of your work is done. Now, Launch the Android File Transfer on your Mac, it will automatically show you your connected device's root directory. Simply copy the files from your Mac and paste them in your android device.

Part 4. How to Use Google Photos to Copy Photos to Android

You must be thinking, how is it possible to transfer photos from Mac to Android using Google Photos, well, that's what we do here, tell you the ways. You can definitely copy photos from your Mac to your Android, all it takes is a trick applied to the process. Go through the method, and see if it fits your transfer need or not.

Step 1 Open Google Photos Web on your Mac, once opened, log in with your account.

Step 2 Now, you need to first export the photos from your Mac photos app to some other location on your Mac.

Go to your Mac photos app, select all those photos that you want to move from Mac to Android, and then drag and drop those photos from your Mac Photos app to a newly created folder on your Mac desktop.

Step 3 Keep the Google Photos window open on your Mac desktop, and drag and drop all those photos from the newly created folder to your Google Photos, all the dropped photos will be uploaded to Google Photos.

Step 4 Now you can simply access Google Photos from your Android, and log in with the same account. Once in, you can simply download the uploaded photos and store them on your Android.

Part 5. Try Dropbox – The Easiest Way to Transfer Photos from Mac to Android

Well, we have covered Dropbox a dozen of times now in our data transfer related articles, just because it is that easy and reliable. All you need to do is to upload from your Mac on it and download on your android mobile from it. Dropbox is a really useful way to copy photos from your Mac to your android.

Let's start with your Mac:

Step 1 Initiate the process by installing Dropbox on your Mac, simply go to the website and download Dropbox, install it on your Mac.

Step 2 Once installed, launch the Dropbox on your Mac. You will be asked to log in to the Dropbox with your existing account or create a new one, now login if you already have a Dropbox account or create a new one and log in.

Step 3 Once logged in, you can create a separate folder for all the photos that you are going to transfer from Mac to Android, and then you can use the "Upload File" button to upload all the photos to the Dropbox.

Step 4 Click the "Upload File" button, it will take you to the browser window to upload the photos from your Mac, choose all the photos that you want to copy from Mac to Android, and let them upload on Dropbox. Once uploaded, you can proceed.

Back up your Android:

Step 4 Once you have uploaded photos from your Mac to the Dropbox, you are ready to transfer Photos from Mac to Android. All you need to do is to download Dropbox on your Android and log in with the same account.

Step 5 Once you are logged into your Dropbox, navigate to the folder you created, you will find your uploaded photos in it. Now, simply download all those photos and save them on your Android.

Part 6. You Can Also Use WhatsApp Web to Send Photos From Mac to Android

Let us clear at the very beginning, using WhatsApp web to transfer photos from your Mac to android can only be somewhat useful, and not very effective, as transferring a big number of photos can get really messy.

Still, it can be used in the need, and especially when it's about low-frequency transfer. Well, we have figured out 2 methods for you to do so, you can pick any one of them, whichever suits your transfer need better.

Step 1 Go to the WhatsApp web, and download the WhatsApp for your Mac. Once you download it, install it and simply run it on your Mac.

As soon you will enter the WhatsApp web on your Mac, you will see a QR code, you require to scan that QR code from the scanner in your Android WhatsApp to connect.

Step 2 Go to WhatsApp on your Android, once you are in the WhatsApp, navigate to the WhatsApp Web option through the 3-dot menu on the top right corner of your WhatsApp, you will be welcomed by a QR code scanner, use that to scan the QR code on your Mac.

Once scanned successfully, your WhatsApp web on Mac can function properly.

Step 3 Now, as you have WhatsApp on your Mac, you can transfer photos from Mac to Android in 2 different ways.

The Best Way:

Step 1 You can simply add your own WhatsApp number as a contact on your same Android phone on which you are using your WhatsApp. This will show as a WhatsApp contact on your WhatsApp.

Step 2 So, when you will go to WhatsApp web on your Mac, go to "New Chat", search your own number that you recently added as a contact, once you find the number, send the photos to your own number through the WhatsApp chat.

Step 3 Now, you will automatically receive those photos on your Android's WhatsApp, you can just download them and store them on your Phone.

Basically, you connected the WhatsApp on your Mac and Android running with the same WhatsApp number, and then you used the same number as a WhatsApp contact to receive the photos. It's some Inception stuff right there!

Another Way:

Step 1 Simply go to the WhatsApp web on your PC, and send the photos that you want to copy from Mac to Android to a contact that you can trust, someone in the family or in your circle.

Step 2 Once you sent those photos, simply access WhatsApp on your Android, and navigate to the same chat. You will see the sent photos, now, you can simply download the sent photos and save them on your device.

Part 7. Send Photos from Mac to Android Through Email

Well, you know that you can send files and photos through Email to someone, but have you ever thought, that you can use the same technique to copy photos from your own Mac to your Android? Yes! You can do so, even if it won't be that useful, still, there are 2 different ways to do so.

Step 1 Go to the Email app on your Mac, once into the app, log in with your Email account.

Step 2 Once you are logged in, you need to look for a "Compose" or "+" button to create a new mail. Once you are in a new mail template, click on the "Add file" button, this will take you to a browser window.

In the new window, navigate to the folder where you have stored photos to transfer from Mac to iPhone, select all the photos, and let them upload on your E-mail.

From here, you can use any of the two alternative methods:

Part 8. At the End, Which One You Should Choose?

Now, it's time to conclude your question, how do I transfer photos from Mac to Android. Well, we believe you have enough methods now, you can choose any of the above-mentioned methods and can import photos from Mac to Android. But, if you want to know which is the best and worst according to us, you might want to stay a little longer, and we compare and tell you which one is the best according to us and which one is not one by one.

• dr.fone - Phone Manager (Android)

Without a doubt, dr.fone - Phone Manager (Android) is the best way to transfer your photos from Mac to Android. Its features, the compatibility, ease of use, powerful program, everything in combines makes it the best.

• Dropbox

Dropbox comes onto second place, the best thing about it is that it is the easiest wireless way to transfer photos from Mac to android, and yet reliable enough. Dropbox only asks for a few clicks to copy your photos from Mac to Android, and it works with all kinds of data.

• Android File Transfer

This comes at the 3rd in the list of the best ways to transfer photos from your Mac to Android. It's another great, reliable, and simple wired methods to copy your photos from Mac to Android. Transferring files through AFT is easy and goes on with the basic technique of data transfer between PC and phone.

• Google Photos

Google photos is a Google's photos app, that lets you manage and backup your photos on Android. But you can use the same to transfer photos from Mac to Android. It comes on 4th position due to it not being able to work on its own, it needs to work with Mac photos app. Still, it's a great way to get your photos from Mac to Android.

Now, let's end with the 3 not so great ways to transfer your photos from Mac to Android. All the 3 left methods i.e. Airdroid, Email, and WhatsApp web is useful but aren't as great.

The best among these is the Airdroid, as it can be used for bulk transfer, but the method is really complicated, and the transfer takes much time. The other two are easy to use but have many limitations.