A macOS app built with Electron for managing files on your Google Pixel phone, working around the infamous Android File Transfer bug that some Pixel owners experience when transferring files to/from their device.
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A macOS and Windows app built with Electron for managing files on your Google Pixel phone, working around the infamous Android File Transfer bug that some Pixel owners experience when transferring files to/from their device.
Pixelmate is designed to look and feel like the native OS X Finder for a familiar user experience:
Note: Pixelmate uses ADB behind the scenes, requiring you to enable Developer Mode and USB Debugging on your phone. Check out this guide for detailed instructions.
On Mac
Download the latest version of Pixelmate.
Unzip the archive and drag and drop the Pixelmate app into the macOS Applications
folder.
Connect your phone via USB cable (if you have just enabled USB Debugging, make sure to allow USB debugging for this computer via a popup dialog displayed on your device).
Launch Pixelmate from Applications or the macOS Spotlight.
On Windows
Download the latest version of Pixelmate.
Unzip the archive and place it into a sperate folder in C:\program files
Connect your phone via USB cable (if you have just enabled USB Debugging, make sure to allow USB debugging for this computer via a popup dialog displayed on your Pixel).
Enjoy
Pro tip: You can even use Pixelmate wirelessly, without having to connect your phone via USB cable! Check out this guide for detailed instructions, and check out this app to avoid having to connect the phone to run
adb tcpip
before going wireless.
On Mac
Cmd + A
to select all listingsCmd +
to navigate into a folderCmd +
to navigate out of a folderCmd + Shift + N
to create a new folderCmd + Delete
to delete a file or folderCmd + Shift + /
to multi-select listingsCmd + Shift + A
to see a list of all storage devicesOn Windows
Ctrl + A
to select all listingsCtrl +
to navigate into a folderCtrl +
to navigate out of a folderCtrl + Del
to delete a file or folderCtrl + Shift + N
to create a new folderCtrl + Shift + /
to multi-select listingsCtrl + Shift + A
to see a list of all storage devicesgit clone https://github.com/eladnava/pixelmate.git
cd pixelmate
npm install
npm run server
npm run darwin
Apache 2.0