HoRNDIS is now maintained by Mikhail Iakhiaev, and this page is in a state of transition – keep your eyes peeled for updates soon ...
Android File Transfer (AFT) provides a simple interface through which Mac users can be able to not only access but also modify items on Android devices. So, how do you use this app? Step 1: Download the Android File Transfer app and install it in the macOS Sierra. Download Android File Transfer here, Open “Androidfiletransfer.dmg” file then. Drag Android File Transfer to Applications. Use the USB cable that came with your Android device and connect it to your Mac. Double click Android File Transfer. Browse the files and folders on your Android device and copy files.
HoRNDIS (pronounce: “horrendous”) is a driver for Mac OS X that allows you to use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get Internet access. It is known to work with Mac OS X versions 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) through 10.14 (Mojave – see notes below), and has been tested on a wide variety of phones. Although you should be careful with all drivers that you install on your computer, HoRNDIS has been tested at least well enough for the author (and many others) to run full time on their own personal computers.
HoRNDIS is implemented as a kext, rather than as a user-space program that opens a TAP or TUN device; this means that it does not conflict with other TAP/TUN kexts that you might have installed (like OpenVPN, Tunnelblick, or Cisco VPN). The driver implements Microsoft's proprietary RNDIS protocol, which is the only protocol supported natively by Android devices; although Linux and Windows users have enjoyed native RNDIS drivers for years, Mac OS X supports only CDC Ethernet devices out of the box.1)
The chief advantage of HoRNDIS over other tethering solutions is that it uses the a first-class supported feature in the phone's firmware. Other solutions either take over the phone's Wi-Fi stack without the Android operating system's knowledge, or create an emulation IP stack in userspace on the phone; in many cases, the built-in USB tethering support can be more stable, more reliable, and faster.2)
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This page is also available in Russian: HoRNDIS: драйвер USB-модема для Mac OS X. My thanks to Vlad Brown for his effort in translation!
I've just been to my 'least used apps' screen using Launchpad and was taken aback to find a little green man there. His name is Android file transfer; I didn't invite him in and he never had the courtesy to ask if you could come on board. I want rid of him, permanently.
And that's where the real trouble starts. He doesn't show up in my Applications folder, but is identified as an Application when I do a Spotlight search. CTRL Click launches him without providing the option of deleting, and he just bounces back when dragged to the trash.
Please can anyone tell me how to kill him off, and, even better, tell me how to stop him coming back?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
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