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Posted by: Junaid in Android, Downloads, Drivers, How to, Tools February 7, 2019 Comments Off on Download And Install ADB Drivers On Windows And MAC (Complete Guide) 147 Views Today we will teach you on how to download and install ADB drivers on windows and MAC. Adb devices Option 3 - Manually (with SDK Manager) Delete your old installation (optional) rm -rf /.android-sdk-macosx/ Download the Mac SDK Tools from the Android developer site under 'Get just the command line tools'. Make sure you save them to your Downloads folder. Go to your Downloads folder. Cd /Downloads/ Unzip the tools you downloaded.

ADB or Android Debug Bridge is a command line tool that enables you to communicate with an Android device. ADB basically consists of two applications—one running on your computer (Windows, Linux or Mac) and the other running on your Android device. With ADB you can control your device from a computer that is connected via a USB cable or even Wifi. It is a very versatile tool which lets you move files back and forth, install/uninstall apps, run shell commands, and more. Although not everyone appears comfortable with the command line tools such as ADB yet it can be very useful especially if you love to tweak your Android device. For some newbies, it could be difficult to install and setup the ADB tool on their computers. Therefore, we have decided to come up with a general guide to help you install and setup ADB on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Installing ADB on a computer is quite simple nowadays. There was a time when you had to go through the lengthy procedure of installing the Android SDK tools to install the ADB. However, now that you have a simple installation package, you can easily install an setup ADB on Windows, Mac and Linux. All you need now is to download the installer package and install it on your computer. For your ease, we have provided the links for the ADB installer package for Windows, Mac and Linux. In addition to that, we have also listed the necessary instructions to setup the ADB on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Early Preparations

In order to setup the ADB, you will have to enable developer options on your smartphone or tablet. To enable;

  1. Navigate to Settings > About Device.
  2. Tap the number 7 times. It will enable developer options.
  3. Head back to Settings > Developer Options.
  4. Tap on USB Debugging option to enable it.

How to Setup ADB on Windows

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  1. Head over to the link and download the ADB zip file for Windows. → Download ADB
  2. Extract the zip file into an easily accessible folder.
  3. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the ZIP file.
  4. In the folder containing the contents of the zip file, open up a Command Prompt.
  5. To open, hold Shift and Right-click within the folder then click the “open command prompt here” option. (Windows 10 users will have “PowerShell” instead of “command prompt”)
  6. Now connect your smartphone or tablet to your computer with a USB cable.
  7. Change the USB mode to “file transfer (MTP)” mode. (some OEMs doesn’t require this)
  8. In the Command Prompt window, enter the following command: adb devices
  9. On your smartphone, you’ll see a message asking whether to allow or deny USB debugging. Grant the access.
  10. That’s it.

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How to Setup ADB on Mac

  1. Use the link and download the ADB zip file for Mac. → Download ADB
  2. Extract the contents of zip file to an easily accessible folder.
  3. Now open Terminal.
  4. To browse to the folder you extracted ADB into, enter the following command: cd /path/to/extracted/folder/
  5. Connect your device to your Mac via a USB cable.
  6. Change the USB connection mode to “file transfer (MTP)” mode. (not required for every device)
  7. Once the Terminal is in the same folder your ADB tools are in, execute the following command to launch the ADB: adb devices
  8. On your smartphone, you’ll see a prompt asking whether to allow or deny USB debugging. Grant the access.
  9. That’s it.

How to Setup ADB on Linux

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  1. Head over to the provided link and download ADB zip file for Linux. → Download ADB
  2. Extract the zip file to an easily accessible location (e.g Desktop).
  3. Open a Terminal window and enter the following command: cd /path/to/extracted/folder/
  4. This will change the directory to where you extracted the ADB files.
  5. Connect your device to your Linux machine via a USB cable.
  6. Change the connection mode to “file transfer (MTP)” mode. (not required for every device)
  7. Once the Terminal is in the same folder your ADB tools are in, execute the following command to launch the ADB: adb devices
  8. On your smartphone/tablet, you’ll see a prompt asking whether to allow or deny USB debugging. Grant the access.
  9. That’s it.

If you are facing any issue, let us know via comments.

Can we set up global ADB on Mac by adding ADB variable environment? I had this question in mind while writing a tutorial on setting up system-wide ADB and Fastboot on Windows. “ADB command not found” is a common issue for Android users trying to run ADB commands on Mac. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to add ADB to a path on Mac by setting up PATH variable in bash profile and enable universally present ADB and Fastboot.

Besides, there’s another trick that involves dragging the ‘Platform-tools’ folder to the Mac Terminal. By doing so, you can immediately trigger ADB and Fastboot and start using commands without adding the folder path manually.

Once you have set up global ADB and Fastboot by adding ADB or Platform-tools to a path via a Bash profile in the Mac Terminal, you’ll be able to run ADB commands from any screen.

Set up ADB Path in Mac Terminal Bash Profile

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If you want to enjoy global access to the ADB and Fastboot command-line tools right after launching the Mac Terminal, follow the steps described below.

  1. Download the latest Android SDK Platform-tools that contain ADB and Fastboot drivers for Mac. Extract the downloaded zip to get a folder named ‘platform-tools‘.
  2. Now open the Home directory on your Mac. If you don’t know how to do that, there are 3 ways to open it.
    • Press Command+Shift+H on your keyboard.
    • Press Command+Shift+G and enter ‘~/’.
    • Double-click the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop. Now click Users > Home icon.
    • Click on the Go tab in the Finder bar and select Home.
  3. Create a new folder called ‘android-sdk-macosx‘ in the Home directory. You can rename it as ‘ADB’ or ‘AndroidSDK’ too if you want.
  4. Now, right-click on the ‘platform-tools‘ folder icon and select the Copy “platform-tools” option from the context menu.
  5. Paste the ‘platform-tools‘ folder in the new folder you created. You can move this folder to any other location where you won’t accidentally delete them. I moved it to the root of my Macbook Pro’s storage.
  6. Launch the Mac Terminal app from Finder > Go > Utilities.
  7. When the Terminal is open, type the following command given below and press the Enter key. In order to avoid typo mistakes, you can simply copy and paste the command into the Terminal window. Just make sure to use the correct path of the ‘platform-tools‘ folder in the command line. You can easily copy the folder path on Mac using the tips in my guide.
  8. In case you moved ‘platform-tools’ to the Home directory, you can use the following command after replacing username with yours.
  9. Now that the ADB PATH variable has been added to your bash profile, you need to reload it using the following command. Alternatively, you can just close the Terminal window and re-launch it.
  10. If you want to check the current value of the PATH variable, you can use the following command. Otherwise, just skip to the next step.
  11. Since you have already added ADB to Path on your Mac, you can start using ADB or Fastboot commands. It’s time to verify that you have set up ADB properly on your Mac. Just type adb or adb devices in the Terminal and hit the Enter key.
  12. In case you get the ‘adb: command not found‘ error on your Mac, you might have made some mistake. Try the steps given above again more carefully.

Add Terminal Shortcut to Platform-Tools

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Finally, here’s the easiest method to add any folder path to the Mac terminal. Just follow the tip described below to get rid of typing the ‘platform-tools‘ folder path in the Mac Terminal every time you have to use ADB and Fastboot commands. It doesn’t provide a global or system-wide ADB support as the above method does.

  1. Open System Preferences on your Mac.
  2. Click on Keyboard.
  3. On the next screen, click on Shortcuts and select Services from the left pane.
  4. Now, look for Files and Folders in the right pane and enable New Terminal at Folder.
  5. The shortcut will be added to the folder context menu. You can close the System Preferences window.
  6. Just right-click on the ‘platform-tools‘ folder icon and select the New Terminal at Folder option.
  7. When the Terminal window is launched, you can run any ADB and Fastboot command directly without typing the folder path.

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If you want to learn more about ADB and Fastboot, read my tutorial describing some more ways to install ADB on Mac. You should also check out these ADB Shell commands and other stuff that you can do on your Android device with ADB.