Mac and Android

Not sure if this is the right forum but here goes
I got my mac in April and hand,t given much thought to my phone. I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy not 3 and cant find it on the mac as an external drive even though the phone says it's connected as a media device.
any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated

There's a program called DoubleTwist I used to use to sync my Android and PSP to my Mac. I currently just use bluetooth to transfer songs and files back and forth but it does take forever.

I sync my daughter's Galaxy S2 with my macbook - there's a bit of setting up (see link)

The complete guide to using Android with a Mac | How To - CNET

I also use doubletwist to get music onto her phone.

thanks for the replies
I downloaded android filetransfer and all that does is keep asking for me to eithe reconnect the phone or restart the phone, so no further forward

You could use Android File Transfer.
I works well for me.
Android.com

To late posting missed the post above

Do you have Samsung Kies installed?

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Do you have Samsung Kies installed?

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Yes and it's a crock. Just looking for a way to access the phone as an external drive for quickness

Uninstall Kies and Android File Transfer should work,
I believe the Kies dmg file has an uninstaller. I only ever used Kies for software updates and uninstalled it straight after.

uninstalled kies and reinstalled file transfer and it still wont work

Re installed kies then used the dmg file to uninstall it and now I have file transfer working.
Cheers people

Glad you got it working.

Can I ask what was wrong with KIES?
I have a Galaxy Note 2 here and the easiest way I could find was to have KIES installed and just connect the phone. Then everything is easy, from syncing to file transfer.

But I am looking into improving that as well. Because file transfer seems so slow and it's like it stops sometimes and then resumes. This is likely to corrupt big files like a new ROM (1.2 gb usually). There is a new leaked fimware for my phone and it seems I am the only one who has problems with it. I thought that might be because of KIES and its dodgy file transfer.

Lots of people, myself included have had problems getting Kies to connect to their phone.
Not sure about file transfer speeds as I only ever used it for firmware updates.

You should give Airdroid a try. It's pretty seamless, you just drag and drop your files. They upload to your phone wirelessly, and very quickly. AirDroid