Is there a Quick Share for Mac?

No. Google’s Quick Share has no Mac app; some recent Android phones (Pixels first) reach iPhone and Mac through AirDrop, and Quick Share can send a QR-code link through Google’s cloud. ZiggSend covers the direct path for any Android, over Wi-Fi or a cable.

What replaced Android File Transfer?

Nothing from Google. ZiggSend is the direct replacement for the cable case, with verification the old tool never had, and it also works over Wi-Fi.

Yes. ZiggSend moves the container and streams exactly as recorded — Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 10-bit, Log. Nothing is tone-mapped because nothing is decoded.

How long does a 6 GB 4K clip take?

Over home Wi-Fi, at the 17.5 to 49.7 MB/s we measured, about 2 to 6 minutes. From Android to a Mac over a USB 2 charging cable, at the ~28 MB/s we measured, about 4 minutes. Either way in one piece and verified.

What is the best app for this — and is it free?

Depends on what “best” means to you. For casual sharing, LocalSend (free, open source, and since version 1.18 with a SHA-256 check on every file) is honest and good. For a camera roll, a client’s footage or anything you cannot afford to lose, ZiggSend: originals only, no size limit, resume, a check of the whole file already on disk, and each file’s fingerprint in the history for you to check. The phone app is free; the computer app is free with one phone, and Pro (several phones, full history, automatic folders, up to 3 computers) is optional — see pricing. Side by side: ZiggSend vs LocalSend.

Android → Mac · Step by step

How to transfer 4K and HDR video from Android to a Mac or MacBook without losing quality

4K and HDR clips from Android to a Mac or MacBook are the files that “sharing” quietly downgrades: a converted or recompressed copy is not the clip you shot. Here is a path that never touches the pixels.

Why this usually goes wrong

This pair is badly served. Google no longer offers Android File Transfer, Quick Share has no Mac app, and AirDrop is built for Apple devices: only a few recent Android phones (Pixels first) reach a Mac through it. What is left is the cloud, which means uploading a phone’s worth of video on a home connection.

Modern phones record HDR (Dolby Vision or HDR10+), 10-bit and 4K at 60 fps; iPhones add ProRes and Log. Share pipelines built for compatibility may convert these on the fly — Apple documents HEVC becoming H.264 when the receiving device does not support it, and messaging apps recompress video sent as media — and the file that arrives is smaller than the one that left. A minute of ProRes 4K is around 6 GB; most paths refuse it outright.

If the copy is smaller than the original, something re-encoded it. A transfer that keeps the size and passes a hash check kept the pixels.

How to do it with ZiggSend

Rather see the screens? Illustrated step by step, over Wi-Fi or by cable →

Install ZiggSend on the Mac from ziggsend.com/mac (notarized by Apple). It lives in the menu bar.
Install ZiggSend for Android from Google Play (free).
On the phone, open ZiggSend and tap Connect to a computer. Tap your Mac under Devices nearby (same Wi-Fi), check that the safety code matches on both screens and click Allow on the Mac. If the Mac does not show up, tap Scan the QR code and point it at the code the Mac shows under Connect phone. With a USB cable, the Mac app’s assistant sets up cable mode once (it walks you through turning on USB debugging) and the Mac pulls straight from the phone.
Choose what to send. Files land in a folder on the Mac, each one verified byte for byte. Over a USB 2 cable we moved 22 GB in 184 files with 0 failures; on the cable, when the phone cannot compute the fingerprint (an older Android, for example), the check is by exact size.

It works in both directions: the same pairing sends from the computer back to the phone.

Measured, not promised. 22 GB in 184 files with 0 failures from an Android to a Mac over a USB 2 cable (about 28 MB/s); an 806 MB video over home Wi-Fi in 46 s; up to 49.7 MB/s over Wi-Fi from a Mac to an iPhone. Every file is checked against the original on arrival. How we measure.

Other ways, and what each one costs you

Method	Original quality	Size limit	The catch
Android File Transfer	—	—	No longer offered by Google; users report the last version failing on modern phones
Quick Share	—	—	No Mac app; some recent Androids (Pixels first) reach iPhone/Mac through AirDrop, others by a QR link through the cloud
Google Drive / Photos	Yes (Drive) / “Original quality” only (Photos)	15 GB free	Upload, then download; hours for a full camera roll
WhatsApp / Telegram	No — recompressed as media	2 GB as a document	Goes through their servers

What people ask before they trust a transfer app

“I don’t trust my private photos to a site I don’t know.”

Neither do we. ZiggSend has no site in the middle: the file goes from one device to the other over your home Wi-Fi (or, from Android to a Mac, a cable), and no file is stored anywhere else. The computer app only contacts ZiggSend to check for updates, to register a random install ID when it opens and, if you go Pro, to activate the license and check its status once a day; the privacy policy lists exactly what goes out.

“Mine fails at 64% every time.”

A transfer that breaks resumes where it stopped. Every file is written as a temporary part and only gets its final name after the SHA-256 check passes — you never end up with a half file that looks whole.

“I’m out of space and need to empty the phone.”

Move everything to the computer first: only files that pass the SHA-256 check get their final name, and History shows each fingerprint (today’s on Free, all of them on Pro). Then delete on the phone. Originals, no size limit.

How to transfer 4K and HDR video from Android to a Mac or MacBook without losing quality

Why this usually goes wrong

How to do it with ZiggSend

Other ways, and what each one costs you

What people ask before they trust a transfer app

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