Just began working on a new 2011 Macbook Pro only to find ADB cannot see any of my devices. This occurs under Eclipse in DDMS and when I run ./adb devices.
I have found some discussion of this saying there are intermittent issues in OS X 10.6.6 with problems seeing Android devices but this seems to be different as all of my devices are mountable via USB.
I see the exact same behavior running Windows 7 in Virtualbox, Apple support on this issue is non existent as they insist it is Android’s problem.
The devices I have encountered this problem with include:
Sony Xperia mini X10
Motorola Droid
HTC Droid Eris
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Could this be a hardware problem on my new Macbook or am I dealing with something related to OS X?
Either way I may have to trade for a Windows laptop 🙁
**updated March 27 2011
Have now tried a full Bootcamp installation of Windows 7 complete with all the Apple provided drivers – same result
resorting to powered USB hub didn’t help either
The device appears as Android Phone under System Profiler but remains invisible to ADB, mounting works fine.
Finally found a solution, seems the tethering software I had installed on the macbook was interfering with ADB:
http://www.intohand.com/blog/?p=116
Applying the fix made it “just work” again: