Taking pictures or recording videos with your phone can quickly overwhelm your device's storage capacity and cause low memory alerts. One solution to this problem is to transfer the photos and videos to your PC. This way, you can keep your valuable memories on your PC, gain space and speed up the processes on your mobile device. In this article, we show you the different ways you can connect your Android smartphone to your computer, either to send photos or transfer all kinds of documents to your computer or even create a backup of all the files stored on your smartphone.
Although it seems easy enough, sometimes it is not enough to connect one end of the cable that comes with your phone to the computer's USB. Many times we have to go into more complicated configurations of drivers, manufacturer's applications, etc. But let's take it one step at a time:
First of all, connect your Android phone to your PC using the USB cable. You will see a screen that says Upload files or Transfer files. Select the MTP or Media Transfer option.
By choosing that option your computer will create a folder where you can access your files.
On Mac
If you're a Mac user, the system won't detect your smartphone on MTP but what you can do is to download the Android File Transfer. This is a simple tool created by Google that will allow you to manage your files.
You can download and install it from the official website by clicking here.
Connect using the manufacturer's own software
Most cell phone brands have their own software to manage the files you download to your computer. Here you can download the latest updates of these software:
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