MacBook-Air:~ paul$ brew cask install android-platform-toolsĬloning into ‘/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask’… Homebrew is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. So I had to install Homebrew ( ) It “did” a lot of work in terminal on my mac (sic?) not shure if its safe(lot of remote stuff) I did all exactly what you said: But than I found, that mac has not installed the stuff for adb’s…. See the section “Enable adb debugging on your device” at the following site: Please note, to use ADB with an Android device connected over USB, you will need to enable USB debugging. It should return something like this (if you have one Android device attached): List of devices attached To see if everything is working, connect an Android device and enter the following in the Terminal: adb devices To see what values are currently in your PATH variable, use the following: echo $PATH It is a list of directories, each separated by a colon, in which the shell looks for commands. Note: The PATH variable is the search path for commands.

Move the unzipped folder (i.e., “platform-tools”) to a useful location (e.g., I put it in a folder called “android-sdk-macosx” in a folder called “SDKs” in my home directory: ~/SDKs/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/).Īdd “platform-tools” to your PATH variable by invoking the following in the Terminal (make sure to change the file path to reflect where you placed the folder “platform-tools” on your system): echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/SDKs/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/' > ~/.bash_profileĮxecute the following command to reload your bash profile (this applies the change to the PATH variable): source ~/.bash_profile Unzip the downloaded file by double-clicking on it. ADB is useful for accessing one or many connected devices (see the above photo).ĭownload the “SDK Platform-Tools for Mac” from: This tutorial explains how to obtain and install ADB on a Mac.

Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a command-line tool that enables access to connected Android devices.

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