How do you use HTC Sync Manager

[timmyleeturner]

Android what? The only thing I could figure out how to use was Windows Explorer, after uninstalling HTC Sync. Before that, I could not access the files on the phone.

 

[OHM2THRIVE]

Having the sam issue And it says on the bottom left screen “no phone connected” but
shows “loading data” on the right side? and stalled .... Please let me know if you managed to sync. I’m put of space and phone is slow.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Petri69]

DO NOT INSTALL IT, it is the worst software ever produced on this planet. Totally automated and it will scan your whole computer weather you like it or not every time you start that piece of s**t. You can't do anything useful with it what so ever.

 

[jc1742]

I got a new HTC One a few weeks ago, and it apparently came with HTC Sync Manager installed, since its window pops up when I plug the phone into my Macbook Pro. But this is a bit weird, because how did it get installed on the Macbook? Did the HTC One somehow reach out and tell the Mac to install the software? Also, I do get another window popping up on the Mac inviting me to install HTC Sync Manager.

But the main part is that what I get is a window titled "htc" with an image of the phone, "Phone connected" at the lower left, and "Sync" button that I haven't touched, and what looks like a conventional progress bar with a short blue line at the left labelled "2.t7GB", followed by the usual light grey bar with "24.84GB" at the right. The blue "progress" line has been the same length (about 1 cm on the screen) for over an hour, and is apparently not progressing. The Activity Monitor shows an HTC Sync Manager process that's using around 1.5% to 2.2% of the cpu, but appears to be doing nothing visible. I have no idea what's going on, and poking at the "htc" window's widgets gets no response at all.

So should I just uninstall the thing? Their description says it does all sorts of useful syncing stuff, but as far as I can tell, there's no way I can actually use it for anything. I can't even tell which direction the supposed syncing is happening, and if it's phone-to-Mac, I can't find what might have been put where on the Mac. I've seen all this a few times when I've plugged the phone into the Macbook for charging. The online manual mentioned above says I can do things, but when I try doing things it suggests, either nothing happens, or I get incomprehensible (error?) messages.

My old HTC G1 just presented itself as a file system to whatever computer it was plugged into, and I could do assorted useful stuff with this. Is there a way to get this simple behavior with the HTC ONE?