Mac OS X fastboot is just waiting (HTC M8 T-Mobile) I'm trying to run fastboot oem get_identifier_token on Mac OS X Yosemite but I get stuck on "&lt; waiting for device >":

➜  platform-tools  ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
FA495WM04764    device

➜  platform-tools  sudo ./fastboot oem get_identifier_token
&lt; waiting for device &gt;



I have enabled USB debugging
I have tried both sudo and no sudo on fastboot
I have tried restarting, changing USB ports (although they are just two on my Mac Book Pro Mid-2012). 
The SDK is the latest one, downloaded today from http://developer.android.com/ together with Android Studio
I also tried downloading just fastboot-mac from HTC dev site, same happens there.


Any ideas?
As others have commented you need to reboot your device in bootloader (fastboot) mode.

Easiest way, is to use the command

adb reboot bootloader


Your device will reboot and will end up in the fastboot mode. Now you can use the fastboot utility.