The procedure to set up ADB in macOS is similar to the Windows procedure for setting up ADB. Here’s how you do it:ĭownload the free ADB toolkit for Mac and extract it to a folder called adb on your Mac’s desktop. You can then assign a keyboard shortcut to this service. In macOS, you can create an Automator service that runs the required ADB commands to take and transfer a screenshot from your Android device to your Mac. (You might need to enable Developer options first.) Head to Settings > System > Developer options on your Android device, and enable USB debugging. Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard, right-click anywhere blank in the adb folder, and select Open command window here. You need to first set up ADB on your PC to execute commands on your device, which you can do as follows:Ĭreate a folder on your desktop and call it adb.ĭownload the free ADB toolkit for Windows to your computer.Įxtract the files from the toolkit to the adb folder on your desktop. That might sound a bit too technical but it’s not.
This way, your entire screen capture task will run at the touch of a button. You can then run another command that transfers the screenshot from your device over to your computer.īut what's best of all is that you can combine these commands so they work with a single keyboard shortcut. On Windows, you can use the Command Prompt to run an ADB command that captures your Android device’s screenshot. Take an Android Screenshot on a Windows PC What if we told you there’s a way to capture a screenshot and save it to your PC or Mac using just a single keyboard shortcut? That’s totally possible with the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) tool. Admit it: taking a screenshot on your Android device and copying it over to your Windows or Mac computer is a real pain.
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