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Old 12-12-2013, 11:38 PM   #8
aborel
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
libmtp depends on libusb and libusb causes hangs/mem leaks on some macs. Unfortunately, not on any mac that I posses. Switching to libusb on os x would therefore cause major problems for all calibre os x users (to support libmtp the calibre device backend would have to use libusb for device detection for all devices).
I see.
So libusb would be the component that needs to improve so that calibre can perhaps, one day, talk with modern Android devices on a Mac. I'll take a look in that direction.

Thanks for the details!
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