Here are the Samsung Smart Switch connection problems you may come across and the corresponding solutions. Samsung Smart Switch on PC unable to connect to mobile device. When trying to transfer contents to Galaxy phone via Samsung Smart Switch on PC/Mac, Smart Switch for PC or Mac may fail to recognize your Galaxy phone, iPhone, or Android devices. Transfer photos from android phone to mac. Samsung Smart Switch SNS globalSAN iSCSI Initiator (still 32 bit, unfortunately) Skype for Business call, my AirPods work with SFB just fine, so this appears to be a Plantronics issue; also crashes when exiting the program Safari Technology Preview v12.2 (Update now available from STP website for Catalina).
Knowing how to move files from Samsung to Mac can come handy if you’re a Mac user but with a Samsung Galaxy device. A lot of Mac owners ask us for a way to easily transfer their data from their Android to their computer so here it is. We hope you’ll find this helpful.
The easiest way to move files from Samsung to Mac is by using Android File Transfer application. This is a special program that you must install on your Mac in order for it to have the right drivers to communicate with your Samsung Galaxy device. To get started, follow the steps below:
Once you’ve done all the steps above, you can now begin using your Galaxy device like a regular external hard drive that’s connected to your Mac. You can now start moving files between the two devices.
Another good way to move files from Samsung to Mac is by using Smart Switch. This is an official application built by Samsung to make it convenient to transfer photos, contacts, messages, and more between devices.
Before you try to use Smart Switch to move files from Samsung to Mac, you want to make sure that your computer is compatible. These are the minimum system requirements that must be met on your Mac:
If your Mac is compatible and met all the specified requirements above, follow these steps to install Smart Switch and transfer your data to your computer:
How to access folder of your backup
Unless you intentionally changed it, your Mac should save your backup in a default location. For Macs, this is usually where Samsung Smart Switch backup are stored:
/Users/[username]/Documents/Samsung/SmartSwitch/backup
Note: To quickly access the AppData folder, select Start. In the search bar, type appdata and press the Enter key.
If, for some reason, you don’t want the first two methods above in moving your files to your Mac, the other option would be to use third party apps. There are many applications that claim to work better in doing the job but frankly, we don’t recommend them. We haven’t actually used one yet and we can’t confirm if they are safe to use. If you want to take the risks and find out yourself, simply use Google to look for them. We have no idea how such applications behave after you install them on your computer so there’s always the chance of putting your Mac’s security and data at some degree of risk.
As much as possible, we suggest that you stick with the first two methods as they have proven to be reliable and safe for years now. Cocktail catalina edition 13 1 15.
Hello Android community! Today we address a question that some Android users may be having: how to move files from their #GalaxyS7 device to a Mac. Although there’s just a small fraction Galaxy owners who may want to transfer data to their Mac, we also realize that there’s no readily available literature that provides a direct answer on what needs to be done. This is why we dedicate a third of this post to providing the steps to do this procedure successfully. We also answer two other issues that some others users may encounter. We hope you’ll find our solutions helpful.
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Hi. I have a Galaxy S7 Edge with a 32GB micro SD card. The card is almost full and thus I would like to backup the contents of the card to my Mac and then transfer those back onto a new, larger micro SD card. However, when attempting to connect over USB (the cable supplied originally with the S7 Edge), the Mac is unable to connect. “Android File Transfer” tells me “Could not connect to device” and “Try reconnecting or restarting your device.”This persists after reconnection of the USB cable, and after power cycling the S7 device. I’ve also confirmed that when I pull down the ‘window shade’ on the S7, there is an update stating “Android System” and it’s set to “File Transfer.”
Note I’ve tried other settings and those aren’t working either. I’ve also tried ‘Coolmuster Android Assistant for Mac’ and that doesn’t seem to work either. Several google searches leave me still without any solution to this problem. I’m hoping you may have some insight? I would really appreciate any suggestions you might have. — Chris.Ambrozic
Solution: Hi Chris. Computers like PCs or Macs generally are equipped with a suite of USB software called drivers to allow them to recognize connections from another device like an Android smartphone. In most cases, these USB drivers are developed by the operating system manufacturers such as Microsoft for Windows-based PCs and Apple for Macs. These drivers, just like any software or operating system sometimes need updates. So, if your Mac has not been updated lately and there’s a pending update for its Mac OS, make sure to install it first before attempting to connect your S7 to it again. If your Mac already runs that latest available update at this time, you can do further troubleshooting by following the steps below.
The easiest way to ensure that your Mac recognizes your Galaxy S7 is by using the Samsung Smart Switch application. It’s an official app from Samsung designed to allow you to seamlessly transfer data between your Samsung device and your computer.
Your Mac needs to meet some minimum requirements in order for Smart Switch app to work. Below are the minimum requirements:
You mentioned Android File Transfer application so we assume that’s it’s already installed. However, we want you to uninstall, then reinstall it just in case.
To reinstall Android File Transfer application, follow these steps:
If your Mac meets all the requirements above, you can then install the Smart Switch application. Once you’ve finished installing Smart Switch, follow the steps below in order to transfer your files to your Mac:
If your Mac remains problematic and won’t allow you to install Smart Switch for some reason, or if Smart Switch won’t work as expected after installing it, consider wiping your computer and reinstalling a clean version of its operating system.
Hey! My Samsung S7 edge suddenly started to freeze. Once it froze, it didn’t respond to anything. Not even the “power button + volume down button” or “power button + volume up + home button.”I went to the closest technician, and they backed up my data, restored firmware and gave my phone back. Once i got home, deleted almost every app on the phone, since i thought it was somehow related to the crashing. The phone somehow still acted strange by crashing and freezing, but the “volume down + power button” did the trick. Today it froze, so i booted it in safe mode. Everything was okay for 10 minutes, but then when i decided to power it up back to normal, it restarted and froze again, unresponsibly to anything. Is there anything i can do with it? Because the local technician said that they can do another firmware restore, but since i still have the problem after it it feels unnecessary. Best regards! — Mantas Gusmantas Office 365 portal mac.
Solution: Hi Mantas. If the phone was working normally when it was running in safe mode, then a bad third party app is most probably to blame. Observing the phone for 10 minutes though is not long enough to allow you to confirm that. Try restarting the device again to safe mode for at least 24 hours. In this mode, only pre-installed apps should be running so if the phone runs perfectly fine throughout the observation period, you can bet a third party app is to blame.
To know which app is causing the trouble, you’ll need to use the method of elimination. Here’s how:
So when I try to update my S7 edge it fails to update everytime. And when I go to applications in my setting and look for the software update app it isn’t there so the only way I can access it is when the notification pops up at the top and if I hold down on the notification it brings me to the disable, force stop options and the apps data but I’m not able to press force stop or disable like it said in your article so what do I do? The version it says it is is 2.0.22-0. — Kammy
Solution: Hi Kammy. It’s a bit suspicious that you can’t find the Software update option under Settings app. Cookie 5 8 1 – protect your online privacy concerns. If this Galaxy S7 edge was provided by your carrier, make sure to contact them to ask if they intentionally removed the Software update option. In a lot carrier-provided S7s we examined, software update should still be available. It definitely is present in international versions and those models that are not locked to carriers.
If your carrier will say that software update option should be present under Settings, then something must have removed it. We’re not aware of any malware that may do such but there’s always a chance that it can happen. We don’t know enough about your phone history to be of help in giving you an accurate answer.
To be on the safe side, you can try to perform a factory reset to see if the Software update option will resurface afterwards. Here’s how to do that:
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