Connecting a Lumia 920 or other WP8 device to a Mac/Linux/iPad
So the folks over at Nokia Connects have sent me Lumia 920 to have a play with. This isn’t a review, that’s not what I do here (it’s a good phone though, I’m liking it). If you’re interested in my opinions, follow me on twitter @the_accidental. Anyhow, I head @whatleydude ranting on The Voicemail (go subscribe – it’s full of ace) about the problems getting media off the 920 to a Mac. There’s the official Windows Phone app of course, which kinda works, but isn’t that great. But you have other options too, some of which will work on Linux too. Be sure to read till the end, I just sussed out how to mount the 920 as a drive on my mac…
MT-what?
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- Not only can the Nokia Lumia 920 deal with the basics of calling and messaging, as well as offering up an excellent camera phone experience, it also provides a decent multimedia option as well.
- User Guide Nokia Lumia 920 Issue 5.0 EN. This guide isn't all there is. There's a user guide in your phone – it's always with you, available when needed. On the start screen, swipe left, and tap Lumia Help + Tips. The instructions in this user guide are based on the latest available software version.
- Dec 18, 2012 Connecting a Lumia 920 or other WP8 device to a Mac/Linux/iPad So the folks over at Nokia Connects have sent me Lumia 920 to have a play with. This isn’t a review, that’s not what I do here (it’s a good phone though, I’m liking it).
MTP. Media Transfer Protocol – it’s how a WP8 device presents itself to a computer. So any software that can talk to an MTP device should in theory be able to talk to the Lumia. Sadly, not all are up to date enough, or there’s some other incompatibility. But some do work, and I’ve been doing some investigating. First, what should work but doesn’t:
Not working…yet
- LibMTP – on my Mac at least doesn’t pick up the 920, but no reason it shouldn’t’, I think it just needs a couple of tweaks to a header file and a recompile (get in touch if you want more info, but if you do you can probably sus it yourself). A shame as several apps depend on it.
- MTP-Fuse – cos of the above. However, if this was working that’d rock – your Lumia would just show up like any other disk drive on OSX or Linux. I could probably make this work, but truthfully I don’t have the time to spend on a phone I only have temporarily.
- Aperture / Image Capture / iPhoto – i.e. the default ways of getting images on a Mac, a shame. Maybe in the next camera kit update?
Working!
The good stuff, note that on a mac you need to kill the “PTPCamera” process after connecting and unlocking your Lumia before something else can attach to it:
- An iPad via a camera connection kit. This works great! Except….you need a powered USB hub. The 920 tries to draw power to charge, the iPad can’t supply it, and where the N8 would reconnect not drawing power the Lumia doesn’t. So unless you can supply power too, no dice.
- The Dropbox app will pull in the photos, as it speaks MTP.
- lib-Gphoto2, Mac and Linux. On a mac, easiest way to get it is via Macports – “sudo install gphoto2” and you’re good to go! Then you can either transfer photos via the command-line as below, or you can use an app based on it, like GtKam.
- And here’s the best for last, just checked, and gphotofs works :-) So you can mount the lumia as a drive. On a mac, use macports to get fuse4x and pkgconfig, then you can download and compile gphotofs as normal. Then mount with “gphotofs some-directory” – still the caveat about killing the ptp monitor. And here’s some proof:
So, that’s a bit of a fiddle. But it works, there’s your proof of concept. It’s for someone else with incentive (i.e. actually owns a Lumia) to package this up neatly!
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
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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’.
Nokia Photo Transfer
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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 .
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Mail me
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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’.
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