A good connection
starts here.

First, introduce your devices.

You need macOS 14 or later and Android 8 or later. Install AirBridge on both devices and connect them to the same local network. The Mac preview is available for Apple Silicon and Intel. The public Android build is still being prepared. The Mac preview is not notarized by Apple, so macOS may show a security warning.

1. Open AirBridge on your Mac and choose Pair a phone. Allow local-network access if macOS asks.
2. On Android, choose Pair a Mac, then Scan QR code. Grant camera access when asked.
3. Scan the current code shown on the Mac. Check the Mac's name and confirm pairing. You can also paste an AirBridge pairing link.
4. Keep the Mac app running. Closing its window leaves AirBridge in the menu bar; quitting the app stops the connection.

Pairing codes expire and can be used only once. Generate a fresh one if needed. Your phone remembers one Mac at a time.

Send something across.

Android to Mac

In Gallery or Files, select what to send, choose Share > AirBridge, and tap your Mac. Android may also offer your paired Mac directly in the share sheet. You can still send from the Files tab in AirBridge.

Mac to Android

Enable Receive files from Mac in Android and allow incoming-file notifications. In Finder, choose files, then Share > AirBridge. Select your phone, send, and accept the request on Android.

The downloadable Mac preview does not include Finder sharing. This feature requires a signed Mac build with the Share extension. After launching it once, check macOS Sharing extensions if AirBridge is missing from the share menu.

Completed files appear in Downloads/AirBridge on Android 10 or later. Android 8/9 stores them privately in AirBridge; uninstalling removes those files. On Mac, the default location is Downloads/AirBridge. Use the app's Finder action to locate them. Interrupted transfers are not automatically resumed.

Copy here. Paste there.

Enable Clipboard sync beside your phone on Mac, then enable it in Android. Allow AirBridge's connection notification and keep your phone unlocked.

• Mac to Android: new copied text and supported images can arrive while AirBridge is in the background. Paste into an app that supports that content.
• Android to Mac: copy the content, then bring AirBridge to the foreground. To avoid this step for text, use the optional AirBridge keyboard as your active keyboard, or optional Shizuku.
• Images: one PNG or JPEG, up to 10 MiB and 16 megapixels. Pasting depends on the receiving app. Background Android image access also depends on URI permissions; Shizuku does not guarantee background image access.

The optional keyboard is not required for the rest of AirBridge. You can keep using Gboard. For apps that only offer Share, share a single PNG or JPEG to AirBridge and choose Copy to Mac. Enable clipboard sync for that phone on Mac. This sends the image to the Mac clipboard without reading or replacing Android's clipboard.

AirBridge honors sensitive clipboard markers, but apps do not mark every secret. Turn sync off before copying content you do not want to share. Clipboard history is not saved.

Choose what reaches your Mac.

1. Enable Notifications beside your phone in the Mac app. Allow Mac alerts and choose Banners or Alerts in macOS notification settings.
2. On Android, open Notification settings, enable forwarding, and grant Notification access.
3. Open Apps shown on Mac and select the apps you want. None are selected by default.
4. Optionally enable Show message previews. Without that permission, message content stays hidden.

Supported message notifications offer Reply on Mac. Previews must be enabled and the phone unlocked. The source app must support free-form notification replies; delivery and background sending depend on that app. AirBridge handing off a reply is not confirmation of recipient delivery.

Calls can show ringing alerts from selected phone apps. You cannot answer calls or route call audio through your Mac. Focus, Do Not Disturb, and notification settings can suppress banners.

A bigger view, when you ask.

1. On Android, open Screen sharing, enable Screen-sharing requests, and allow notifications.
2. On Mac, select your phone in Screen mirroring and click Start.
3. Tap Share screen in the Android notification and approve the system capture prompt. You can also approve from AirBridge.
4. Stop on either device, or close the Mac mirror window.

Wi-Fi mode is view-only. It does not need root, Shizuku, or USB debugging, and it does not include audio, recording, or mouse/keyboard control. Protected screens stay protected. Every session needs a fresh approval; reconnecting never restarts it automatically.

An optional scrcpy mode supports control with a separate USB or wireless debugging setup. That is not the ordinary Wi-Fi viewing mode.

Not connecting?

• Check that both devices are on the same network, not just that both have internet access.
• Keep the Mac app running. Check local-network permission and firewall access.
• Guest Wi-Fi, client isolation, VPN routing, and blocked multicast can prevent discovery.
• Reopen AirBridge on Android after a reboot or force-stop to resume enabled background features.
• Check manufacturer battery restrictions if background connections stop unexpectedly.
• After reinstalling Android, pair again. On Mac, remove the old phone record to revoke its previous pairing.

Automatic reconnection supports ordinary address changes, but cannot bypass a blocked network or repair a revoked pairing.