Conduit
Transfer and manage your Android phone's files from your Mac — over USB or Wi-Fi.
Version 1.8.1 · 187 MB · macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later · Apple Silicon & Intel · Notarized by Apple
brew install --cask KirsuLab/tap/conduit
Android file transfer for Mac, over USB or Wi-Fi
Conduit is a fast, native Android file manager for macOS — a clean way to transfer files between your Android phone and your Mac. Plug in over USB, or connect wirelessly over Wi-Fi, and your device opens in a lightweight window: browse folders, copy photos and videos to your Mac, upload files to the phone, preview media, rename and organize, and delete files on your Android — all from your desktop. If you've been let down by Google's discontinued Android File Transfer, Conduit is the alternative: quick and steady even with large videos, with no sign-in, no ads, and no cloud in the middle. Just your files, going where you want them.
Features
- Fast, steady transfers both ways — copy to your Mac and upload to your phone at full USB speed, from single photos to multi-gigabyte videos, without stalls or dropouts
- Transfers run in the background — a queue shows overall progress and the current file, and you can cancel any single file or folder while you keep working
- Never overwrite by accident — when a name already exists Conduit asks, item by item, to Replace, Keep Both, or Skip
- Rename and organize on the device — Finder-style inline renaming and a New Folder button, right where your files live
- Right-click for everything — a context menu with Open, Preview, Copy to Mac, Rename and Delete, on one item or a whole selection
- Delete right from the window — clear files off the device through the same interface, always with a confirmation, so you never have to touch the phone
- Browse the whole device — folders, quick shortcuts for Download, DCIM and Pictures, and sorting by name, type, size or date, with files neatly grouped by day
- Drag from Finder to upload — drop files or folders into the window, or straight onto a folder in the list; press Esc to cancel a drag, and use Copy to Mac to pull the other way
- Preview before you copy — open images, video (streamed straight from the device) and text or code right in the app, no download needed
- Search the whole device — find files by name as you type, with filters for type, size, date and scope
- Select like on a Mac — click a row to pick it, rubber-band a box (hold ⌥ to invert), or Shift-click to grab a whole run at once
- Go wireless — pair over Wi-Fi with a QR code or pairing code (Android 11+), or a one-time cable setup for Android 10
- Works on every Mac — one universal download, native on both Apple Silicon and Intel, on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and later; small, responsive, and notarized by Apple
Your files never leave your machines
Conduit talks directly to your phone through adb — over the USB cable or your local Wi-Fi. There's no account, no analytics, and no cloud middleman. Nothing you browse, copy or move is ever sent to us or anyone else. What's on your phone stays between your phone and your Mac.
Before you start
Conduit needs Google's small adb (Android Debug Bridge) helper to talk to your phone. If it isn't installed, the app walks you through a one-time setup — the easiest route is brew install --cask android-platform-tools. On the phone, enable Developer options and USB debugging, then tap Allow when it asks to trust your Mac. That's it.
Updating & removing
If you installed with Homebrew, update to the latest version with brew upgrade --cask KirsuLab/tap/conduit, and remove it later with brew uninstall --cask conduit. Let Homebrew manage the app — don't drag Conduit.app to the Trash by hand, because Homebrew keeps its own record of what's installed and deleting the app in Finder leaves that record pointing at a file that's no longer there. If that happens you'll see “It seems the App source '/Applications/Conduit.app' is not there” on the next upgrade. To fix it, reset the stale record and reinstall:
brew uninstall --cask --force conduit
brew install --cask KirsuLab/tap/conduitTerms & refunds
Conduit is distributed as a notarized download through Ko-fi on a “pay what you want” basis. Any payment is a voluntary, one-time contribution — not a subscription — and is final and non-refundable; by downloading, you agree to immediate delivery. The software is provided “as is”, without warranty. Questions or problems? Email hello@kirsulab.com and we'll help.