Download Android SDK (original article @ http://androidtricks.net/setup-adb-and-fastboot-android-sdk-mac-osx-18)
Download and extract Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html to your desktop
Browse to Tools and double click “android”. It will open up a terminal window and load the SDK.
Install packages
Here go to “Available Packages” and select what you want to download. I selected everything. Wait for the packages to download and install.
Set the Path
Next you need to update the PATH for tools/ and platform-tools/ folder. To do this you need to edit your ~/.bash_profile (create it if you don’t already have one). Add the following two lines
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/(username)/Desktop/android-sdk/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/(username)/Desktop/android-sdk/platform-tools
Download Fastboot
Now go to http://developer.htc.com/adp.html scroll to the middle of the page and download Fastboot binary for OSX. Because HTC host no longer the fastboot binary you can download the version on my blog. Unzip it and place it in /tools/
Now your all set for ADB and Fastboot
Tnx http://androidtricks.net/ for the article!
To check if your fastboot works you can start your terminal and cd /Users/(username)/Desktop/android-sdk/tools
then run ./fastboot-mac devices
When you some output you are connected. Happy modding!! 
Note: please check the comments for more feedback
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The HTC site no longer seems to be hosting the fastboot binary
I see I try to get the Fastboot binary for OSX and mirror it on my blog
Thanks for the mirror. I ended up downloading a copy from the ClockworkMod blog. It’s surprising that there aren’t more mirrors out there. I guess people just expect you to compile AOSP yourself for the tools. Kinda hard when android.git.kernel.org is down, tho
Just like to say a huge thanks!!!
Took me ages to realise that fastboot had mysteriously disappeared since last updating my SDK… finally stumbled across your site and all good now
Your welcome
For sake of OTHER people being able to find this page easy on Google (took me a while) I’ll write my full experience to include important words.
I had troubles finding information for rooting my Xperia Arc after unlocking the bootloader (from help with the XDA forum).
You were the only page that explained how to install fastboot on mac. Also you include information to install adb on mac!
Things I would like to add to help YOU and other users!
The only package REQUIRED For installing ADB is: “Android SDK Platform-tools”
Everything else isn’t required from what I have been reading at XDA.
Also; On Lion, it’s hard to show hidden files for sake of finding bash_profile. After some searching, I learned that typing this in Terminal will show hidden files: “defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE” (Re-typing this with FALSE reverses it).
You can use TextEdit to create/edit the bash_profile file. Just make sure you save it as plain text.
Sorry for the big post, thank you very much for your post!
(I know this is a lot of information, I am technical but from a windows background so I have trouble with mac sometimes!)
Gregory makes a good post.
That said, for you mac users who don’t want to permanently alter the behavior (you will forget how to hide those files again) of your OSX installation, I would suggest using Terminal and “nano” to edit your .bash_profile file.
I agree that people will forget
I made certain I reversed it when I was done:
“defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE”
But that’s a solution
Actually, scrap my advice, I agree with Kelly!
For the FULL command. In terminal, just type:
nano ~/.bash_profile
It will open up the file whether it is there or not, so no need to check.
Just make sure to save. BTW. ^ in that interface means control. So control+x to exit.
Thanks for the tip Kelly
Thanks for the instructions and the link to fastboot-mac! A few things I ran into while doing this:
1. The Android SDK now unzips to android-sdk-macosx, this should be changed in the PATHs above.
2. fastboot-mac should be placed in /Users/(username)/Desktop/android-sdk-macosx/tools not in /tools/
3. To check if your fastboot-mac works there is no need to cd into the tools-directory, that’s why it was added to the PATH.
4. The phone should be rebooted into bootloader (and connected with a usb-cable) before you run fastboot-mac devices
Yo people I greatly appreciate that you give so much feedback in the comments
Tnx!
wouldn’t have been able to root my xoom without your instructions and some a few comments. thanks!
I wouldn’t have been able to root my xoom without your instructions and some a few comments. thanks!
After downloading fastboot and copying it into tools folder, I’ve tried to run it. But can’t run it successfully.
MacBook-Air:kernel hayoung$ fastboot devices
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
Have you seen this before? Any help would be appreciated.
I am an extreme beginner at Terminal.\. I altered something after typing in ~/.bash_profile because another forum told me to do so unclearly and I screwed up. I did it incorrectly. Now I need to reenter ~/.bash_profile to do it correctly and I am being denied permission. I have no idea what to do. If you could put the answer in babysteps that would be great because I have little to no idea what I am doing. Thanks in advance and sorry for the trouble.
I first downloaded the latest SDK and then installed the platform tools.
I then set my XOOM to USB debugging mode.
When I ran “adb devices” it showed my XOOM.
However, when I ran “fastboot devices” nothing showed up
I had read that there was a fastboot-mac … so I googled for it
and found this site. i then downloaded it and did “fastboot-mac devices”
and still nothing showed up
What am I doing wrong?
Now that AOSP is hosting it’s own repo, I decided giving it a shot at building my own fastboot under OSX. Turns out it actually works! Now, there might be an easier way, but I ended up doing a repo sync on the entire master branch. That took freakin’ FOREVER! Afterward, however, I just followed the advice on this page and I got a working fastboot binary: http://source.android.com/source/building-devices.html
when i click android my terminal comes up and says this….
Macintosh:~ brandonhunt$ /Users/brandonhunt/Desktop/android-sdk-macosx/tools/android ; exit;
SWT folder ‘/Users/brandonhunt/Desktop/android-sdk-macosx/tools/lib/ppc’ does not exist.
Please export ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platform.
logout
[Process completed]
what do i have to do to complete these steps?
Dude the fastboot is an intel package not an ibm/ppc package
try these @ XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898744
you need an account to download the file.
Thanks a lot!! This removes any need to go back to crappy windows