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Originally Posted by Stephen
As far as I know, android cannot read the file system of a Mac. Hence only being able to access using another app/client.
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Well duh, no device can remotely read the filesystem of any other device, unless you want to get into remote data recovery software and iSCSI. Even then you cannot access a filesystem it on two devices at a time as it would cause devastating corruption, again unless you get into things like clustered filesystems and Lustre.
Sharing and accessing files across a local or wide network NEVER involves directly accessing the filesystem. The only time it ever matters what file systems a device can read is when the storage medium is physically connected directly to the device. When accessing a laptop's drive from anything but the laptop itself, the filesystem is totally irrelevant. Hence what you can (or can't) do with a USB drive connected to your phone says nothing about what someone else can do with a not USB drive not connected to his not phone.
As for doing it without an app - not possible, practically everything on Android is an app, even the home screen is an app. What app (and protocol) you use depends largely on what you are trying to do. If all you want it to send torrent files for it to download you don't need any sort of file manager, you should install a torrent client with a remote access interface instead. Plenty of torrent clients are specifically designed to be accessed remotely, over any internet connection, or using a dedicated app. Such a system gives you a specialized interface that's far superior and is also more secure.