Option 1 - Using Homebrew
This is the easiest way and will provide automatic updates.
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Install homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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Install adb
brew cask install android-platform-tools
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Start using adb
adb devices
Option 2 - Manually (just the platform tools)
This is the easiest way to get a manual installation of ADB and Fastboot.
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Delete your old installation (optional)
rm -rf ~/.android-sdk-macosx/
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Navigate to https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html and click on the
SDK Platform-Tools for Mac
link. -
Go to your Downloads folder
cd ~/Downloads/
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Unzip the tools you downloaded
unzip platform-tools-latest*.zip
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Move them somewhere you won't accidentally delete them
mkdir ~/.android-sdk-macosx mv platform-tools/ ~/.android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools
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Add
platform-tools
to your pathecho 'export PATH=$PATH:~/.android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/' >> ~/.bash_profile
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Refresh your bash profile (or restart your terminal app)
source ~/.bash_profile
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Start using adb
adb devices
Option 3 - Manually (with SDK Manager)
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Delete your old installation (optional)
rm -rf ~/.android-sdk-macosx/
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Download the Mac SDK Tools from the Android developer site under "Get just the command line tools". Make sure you save them to your Downloads folder.
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Go to your Downloads folder
cd ~/Downloads/
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Unzip the tools you downloaded
unzip tools_r*-macosx.zip
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Move them somewhere you won't accidentally delete them
mkdir ~/.android-sdk-macosx mv tools/ ~/.android-sdk-macosx/tools
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Run the SDK Manager
sh ~/.android-sdk-macosx/tools/android
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Uncheck everything but
Android SDK Platform-tools
(optional)
- Click
Install Packages
, accept licenses, clickInstall
. Close the SDK Manager window.
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Add
platform-tools
to your pathecho 'export PATH=$PATH:~/.android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/' >> ~/.bash_profile
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Refresh your bash profile (or restart your terminal app)
source ~/.bash_profile
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Start using adb
adb devices