User Guide

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Connecting to a Macintosh Computer via USB
You can use a USB cable to connect your device to a
computer running Mac OS X with a USB cable, and transfer
music, pictures, and other files between the computer and
the device.
This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is not
supported by Mac OS X natively. Google offers a free Android
File Transfer application, available from
www.android.com/
filetransfer , with installation instructions.
After installing Android File Transfer, follow these steps:
1. If you are using Android File Transfer for the first time,
double-click it to open it.
After you start Android File Transfer once, it opens
automatically when you connect your device to your
computer.
2. Connect your device to the computer with a USB cable.
Android File Transfer starts, if it's not already running,
and opens a window that displays the contents of your
device, along with storage space details at the bottom
of the window.
3. Work with this window much as if it were a Finder
window: opening and closing folders, creating new
folders, and dragging files to or from it and other Finder
windows.
4. When finished, disconnect the phone from the
computer.
Note: When you connect your device to a computer via USB
cable, the data connection takes precedence over
charging, and the device will only charge when it is
turned off.