Moving files to memory card on Galaxy Note 10.1

[liandy]

I just purchased a Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet and am trying to get familiar with it. I have a 32 gig memory card that I added to the Note 10. I also have a Mac. Can someone tell me how I can move video, picture, and word/pdf files to the memory card? When I connect the Note 10 to my Mac I do not see it appear in the Finder so I can't just click and drag files that I want over to the Note 10. Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thanks!

 

[liandy]

I tried downloading and installing Android File Transfer from Android.com

But when I start it and connect my Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet it says "Could not connect to device. try restarting" And restarting does not work. Not sure what else to try.

 

[sko580]

I don't have the Note 10.1 yet, but what you are doing has worked with my Note 2. Be sure to only have installed Android File Transfer. I originally installed Samsung's Kies and that caused problems.

http://m.androidcentral.com/android-101-android-file-transfer-app-mac

 

[liandy]

Thanks sko580. that's what it was. I uninstalled Keis and now AFT works. So I guess this is what we use to backup and sync our samsung/android products? We just have to remember to manually copy and paste files between our computer and the mobile devices? I can't believe there is nothing better.

 

[sko580]

There isn't much for me to back up. I use Chrome as my web browser so all my book marks get pushed down when I have to reset. My pictures are synced with Dropbox. Any and all downloads go to the external card.

I eventually removed Kies because it was causing problems on my Mac. The software would cause a delay/freeze on the OS every time I connected something via USB.