ADB devices on MAC

Source link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31374085/installing-adb-on-macos

# Option 1 - Using Homebrew
This is the easiest way and will provide automatic updates.

1. Install [homebrew](http://brew.sh/)

        ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

2. Install adb 

        brew install homebrew/cask/android-platform-tools

3. Start using adb

        adb devices

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# Option 2 - Manually (just the platform tools)
This is the easiest way to get a manual installation of ADB and Fastboot. 

1. Delete your old installation *(optional)* 

        rm -rf ~/.android-sdk-macosx/

2. Navigate to https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html and click on the `SDK Platform-Tools for Mac` link. 

3. Go to your Downloads folder

        cd ~/Downloads/

4. Unzip the tools you downloaded

        unzip platform-tools-latest*.zip 

5. Move them somewhere you won't accidentally delete them

        mkdir ~/.android-sdk-macosx
        mv platform-tools/ ~/.android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools


6. Add `platform-tools` to your path

        echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/.android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/' >> ~/.bash_profile

7. Refresh your bash profile (or restart your terminal app)

        source ~/.bash_profile

8. Start using adb

        adb devices


# Option 3 - Manually (with SDK Manager)

1. Delete your old installation *(optional)* 

        rm -rf ~/.android-sdk-macosx/

2. Download the Mac SDK Tools from the Android developer site under ["Get just the command line tools"](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#mac-tools). Make sure you save them to your Downloads folder.

3. Go to your Downloads folder

        cd ~/Downloads/

4. Unzip the tools you downloaded

        unzip tools_r*-macosx.zip 

5. Move them somewhere you won't accidentally delete them

        mkdir ~/.android-sdk-macosx
        mv tools/ ~/.android-sdk-macosx/tools

6. Run the SDK Manager

        sh ~/.android-sdk-macosx/tools/android

7. Uncheck everything but `Android SDK Platform-tools` *(optional)*

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8. Click `Install Packages`, accept licenses, click `Install`. Close the SDK Manager window.

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9. Add `platform-tools` to your path

        echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/.android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/' >> ~/.bash_profile

10. Refresh your bash profile (or restart your terminal app)

        source ~/.bash_profile

11. Start using adb

        adb devices


  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/H2p4V.png
  [2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ojZVT.png