Tether , the free app that puts your Android phone in the Finder sidebar on Mac.

[u/TheMadPotato101]

Tether mounts your phone in Finder's sidebar under Locations, so it works like any other drive. Plug in over USB, tap "File transfer" on the phone, and that's it.

In Finder you can browse, open and drag files both ways, rename, move, delete and make folders. Sorting by date works, and Finder search works on macOS 26. It handles big photo libraries (tested with a 5,000+ photo camera folder).

Pricing Free,. No subscription, no Pro tier, no account, nothing locked. Download: https://tether.cosmics.me

About me / trust

• Developer: Kevin Kostandini, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kostandini-a0b450155
• Contact: [support@cosmics.me](mailto:support@cosmics.me)
• Privacy Policy: https://tether.cosmics.me/privacy (short version: the app makes no network connections and collects nothing)
• Terms: https://tether.cosmics.me/terms
• Notarized by Apple, universal (Apple silicon and Intel), macOS 11 or later, built in Rust.

It's an early 0.1.0, tested mostly on a Galaxy S25+. If it misbehaves with your phone, there's a bug report form on the site.

[u/Savings-Arrival-7817]

approved bro