- Close Android File Transfer
- Open Activity Monitor and kill “Android File Transfer Agent”
- Go to where you installed “Android File Transfer.app” (I have it under /Applications)
- Ctrl+click –> “Show package contents”
- Go to Contents/Resources
- Rename “Android File Transfer Agent” to e.g. “Android File Transfer Agent_DISABLED”
- Then go to “/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer” and again rename the Agent app.
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Disable auto start for Android File Transfer
The permissions trick worked great for me. All I did was:
In Settings app > Users & Groups > Login Items, first unlock the settings panel then remove the Android File Transfer Agent entry
Open a Terminal and sudo -s
Change permissions on the agent app: chmod 000 /Applications/Android\ File\ Transfer.app/Contents/Helpers/Android\ File\ Transfer\ Agent.app
Change ownership to root on the agent app: chown root:wheel /Applications/Android\ File\ Transfer.app/Contents/Helpers/Android\ File\ Transfer\ Agent.app
Delete the Application Support directory: rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support\Google\Android\ File\ Transfer
Open Activity Monitor and force kill the Android File Transfer Agent process
That's it. I confirmed that re-opening the Android File Transfer app no longer adds the launch entry or makes the copy to Application Support directory and the app no longer auto-launches when a device is plugged in.
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#!/bin/zsh
typeset PID=$(ps -fe | grep "[A]ndroid File Transfer Agent" | awk '{print $2}')
if [[ -n ${PID} ]]; then
kill ${PID}
fi
for AFT in
"/Applications/Android File Transfer.app"
"/Applications/Sync/Android File Transfer.app"
"${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer"
do
echo "### Look for agents in “${AFT}”"
done; unset AFT
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to delete every login item whose name is "Android File Transfer Agent"'