Create an environment variable (Optional)

• Open Terminal
• Type cd ~ this will take you to your home directory
• Type touch . profile this will create a hidden file named profile
• Type open - e . profile this will open the file you just created in TextEdit
• In the file, type export PATH = $ { PATH }:/ pathToTheAndroidSdkFolder / android - sdk - mac_86 / platform - tools
• Save file, close TextEdit, Quit Terminal, and Relaunch Terminal
• NOTE: By creating an environment variable you won’t need to cd to the Android/tools folder every time you want to run ADB