Your Droid 2 is not an island—it’s built to work with your computer as well. If you’ve got a music collection on your PC, for example, you can sync that collection to your Droid 2 and listen to music there. You can also transfer pictures and videos between your Droid 2 and your PC or Mac. In fact, you can transfer any file between your Droid 2 and your computer.
Specifically, when you transfer and sync files between your Droid 2 and your computer, they go on the phone’s SD card. The Droid 2’s main memory is used for storing system files and applications, rather than music, videos, and pictures.
To transfer files between your Droid 2 and your computer, first connect your Droid 2 to either your Mac or PC using the Droid 2’s data cable. Connect the micro USB plug into your Droid 2 and the normal-sized USB plug into your computer’s USB port.
A USB icon appears in the Notification bar 
. Pull down the Notification area and then tap the USB connection notification.
Note
When you connect your Droid 2 to your Windows PC for the first time, the PC may not recognize it. It may need a special driver—a small piece of helper software—in order to see the Droid 2 and communicate with it. Your PC should look for and install the drivers automatically, assuming it’s connected to the Internet. If not, go to http://bit.ly/brh0YH and click the “Motorola 4.7.1 Driver with MotoConnect” link.
A screen appears with these options:
PC mode. In PC mode, both your computer and your Droid 2 can store files, change files, and use files on your phone’s SD card. If you instead choose USB Mass Storage, described below, your phone won’t be able to access the SD card while it’s connected to your computer.
Windows Media Sync. Select this option if you want to sync music files using Windows Media Player.
USB Mass Storage. Select this option if you want to transfer and manage files on your Droid 2 using your computer’s file manager, such as Windows Explorer on the PC or Finder on the Mac. When you select this mode, only your computer will be able to make changes in the Droid 2 storage, unlike PC mode, in which the Droid 2 can make changes as well.
USB Mass Storage mode can let other devices access your Droid 2’s storage, too. So, for example, car stereos that can access USB flash drives and play music from them can also connect to your Droid 2 and play music from it.
Charge only. Select this option if you only want to charge your Droid 2 using your computer, and don’t want to transfer files.
Tip
If you want to use software other than Windows Media Player or Windows Explorer to transfer files between your Droid 2 and your PC, try the free Motorola Media Link found at www.motorola.com/medialink. (It works only for PCs, not for Macs.)