Use Box on all of your devices. Download Box Sync, Box Capture and Box Edit for your PC or smartphone. Any suggestions or any news when the Windows Phone App for Mac will be again available. (for the information my Mac is running on the latest OS X El Capitan, and my Lumia 730 on Windows Phone 8.1 Denim).
Do you want to use your Windows Phone under macOS Sierra? You are in luck – there is now a fix.
The ongoing saga of Mac support for the Windows Phone platform has hit yet another snag. Microsoft removed the official Windows Phone app for the Mac a while back.
The Windows Phone app for the Mac worked fine until the release of El Capitan, and then issues arose. Connecting your phone to your Mac, the app just wouldn’t recognise that a phone was connected, making syncing impossible.
For a company struggling to cut into the established smartphone market, dropping support for the competitors OS and not updating the only method for syncing really isn’t the wisest move.
Luckily a kind and talented guy on the Microsoft forums named TomW80 created a fix. I wrote about the El Capitan Windows Phone App Fix back in late 2015.
Sierra Fix
However, with the release of macOS Sierra, the Windows Phone app was once again broken. Thankfully, TomW80 has come up wonders once again after reporting the issue to him. A few days later, and he has come up with a fix.
The Sierra patch requires you to have a copy of the Windows Phone app that has already had the El Capitan patch applied. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s Windows Phone app for Macs isn’t available officially anymore, and neither Low End Mac or TomW80 will supply it, so you will have to source an original version or an El Capitan patched version.
This is a little more complicated than the last patch. However, the instructions are fairly easy to follow – requiring a terminal window and copying and pasting.
For full instructions, visit https://tubeapps.net/wpsierra/
I tried it with a Nokia Lumia 620 handset running Windows 8.1, and it worked for me. I was able to once again sync music to it. The instructions should work for all Windows 7, 8, and 10 handsets.
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It’s easy to think of a Nokia Lumia as the perfect companion for your Windows 8 PC. However, switching to a Windows Phone doesn’t mean you have to give up on Apple and OS X. Quite the opposite, in fact…
From iTunes and iPhoto to Apple Mail, it can all be synced and transferred quite simply.
Before you do anything else, you’ll need to download and install Windows Phone App for Mac. It’s a great utility that allows your Lumia to talk to your Mac, offering a variety of software syncing options, which we’ll delve into, and the ability to browse your Lumia for individual files.
Talking to iTunes
From within the Windows Phone App, click the ‘Music’ icon. You’ll now see tick-box options to sync specific playlists, genres and artists from your iTunes library. Click the arrow next to each artist to see and select individual albums. After selecting what you want to be copied to your Lumia, click Sync and your music will appear in your Lumia’s Music folder.
To sync your entire iTunes library to your Lumia in two clicks, simply tap the ‘Select all music’ box at the top of the page and then ‘Sync’. It really is as simple as that.
Transferring movies, TV shows and Podcasts are just as easy. Just select and sync. Bear in mind that DRM –protected iTunes content won’t show up as it can’t be played on the Lumia.
You can also send ringtones to your Lumia from your iTunes music library. Just click on ‘Ringtones’, select the track you want and ‘Send to Phone’. It’ll appear in your available Ringtones list when you disconnect the phone.
Syncing with iPhoto
Getting your iPhoto collection onto your Lumia is a similarly stress-free process. Click ‘Photos & Videos’ to see your shots arranged into Events, Albums and Faces. Just like syncing music, choose what you want to transfer and click Sync. To shift everything, tick the ‘Select all Photos’ and ‘Include Videos’ boxes.
If you want to find specific photographs, click ‘Browse device’ from the menu on the left to be presented with a list of your videos and photos. Although everything’s listed by the cumbersome filename format, you are given some clue as to its contents via the Album field, which will tell you where on your Lumia the photo is saved. You can also preview images and videos. To transfer these from your Lumia to iPhoto, just select single or multiple photographs and then ‘Import Selected Items’.
Moreover, starting the 11th of December, Google will end support for the Google Drive app for Windows and Mac users. The app will finally be deemed ‘shut down’ starting the 12th of March, 2018. Drive File Stream comes out as a Google Drive app alternative for enterprise users. If you’re a G Suite admin managing Google products for a company, then you’d better get acquainted with the new Drive File Stream and use it instead of Google Drive and Backup and Sync. Get the Google Drive app to access all of your files from your Android or iOS device. Download Backup and Sync for Windows Download Backup and Sync for Mac. Google Drive, you agree to the. Google Drive is well integrated with other Google services, including Google Docs, the cloud-based suite of tools that includes Google Docs, a word processor, Google Sheets, an online spreadsheet, and Google Slides, a cloud-based presentation app. You can also edit Microsoft Office files using the Google Drive app and the Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides apps on iOS or Android. We’ll show you both methods in the guide below. How to Work with Microsoft Office Files on Google Drive on a PC or Mac. Google app to open google drive with microsoft products for mac pro.
Nokia Photo Transfer
For more comprehensive photo-syncing options, use Nokia Photo Transfer. Here you’ll find more choice with where you can import and export photographs to, with the additional ability to browse and pick destination folders.
Load the app, connect your Lumia to the Mac and scanning will commence. The more photos you have, the longer it will take. Then, highlight your desired photos on your phone and click ‘Import’ to transfer them to your Mac. If you want to move them to a specific folder – such as your iPhoto collection, or a Favourites folder, or anywhere else – click the drop down menu on the right, and highlight the correct folder. Check out our full guide to .
Mail me
If you’ve got a Mac, there’s a good chance you’ve got an iCloud email account.
Unlike Gmail and Hotmail, iCloud doesn’t appear on the list of supported email providers for your Nokia Lumia. However, Nokia offers everything you need to get started in seconds. Open the Settings page and tap ‘Email and Account’, followed by ‘Add an account’. Scroll down, and press ‘Other account’.
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Enter your iCloud username and password and tap ‘Sign in’. Your email should be set up and a Live Tile will be automatically added to your Start Screen.
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Do you have any other Lumia-on-Mac tips? Let us know in the comments below