Guides
One question per guide, answered in the first two sentences. The built-in way first, with its limits, and then how RollFerry does it.
- Android File Transfer alternative for Mac (2026) Google discontinued Android File Transfer in 2024. Here is what actually works on a Mac today — the built-in way, the free way, and RollFerry.
- Google Photos storage full: move it to a drive Takeout exports the library to your Mac in archives; a cable copies the originals straight off the phone. Do the copying before you free up any space.
- Phone storage full? Move the photos to your Mac Photos and video are almost always the bulk of it. Copy them to the Mac or a drive over USB, check the copies, and only then delete from the phone.
- Transfer photos from a OnePlus phone to a Mac Set the USB mode to File transfer — OnePlus phones often revert to MIDI after a replug. Then copy from DCIM, or let RollFerry do it by month, verified.
- Transfer photos from a Google Pixel to a Mac Google Photos is the Pixel's default answer and it keeps your photos in Google's account. Over a cable you get plain folders on a disk you own.
- Android File Transfer not working on Mac? What works in 2026 Google stopped updating it in 2024 and it often can't connect on current macOS; use RollFerry for photos and videos, and OpenMTP for other files.
- Save WhatsApp photos from Android to a Mac WhatsApp media sits in Android/media/com.whatsapp, outside the camera roll, so photo importers miss it. Over USB you can copy it like any other folder.
- Transfer photos from a Xiaomi phone to a Mac Pick File transfer in the USB notification — and note that turning on USB debugging silently switches a Xiaomi back out of it. Then copy, or use RollFerry.
- How to transfer photos from a Samsung Galaxy to a Mac (2026) Samsung's support page still says to install Android File Transfer, which no longer exists. Here is what actually works for Galaxy photos on a Mac.
None of these answer your question? Write to hello@rollferry.com — every phone that gets reported gets a fix or an honest answer, and the question usually becomes the next guide.