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How to copy a file between devices? (2022)

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Re: How to copy a file between devices? (2022)

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Post by vinhcognito »

It's insane to me that this is a frustration I've had back maybe 20 years now and I still feel like there isn't a particularly great solution.

My current iteration is just a "transfer" SyncThing folder that is on all my devices. It's not clean or convenient but at least its incredibly fast.

Re: How to copy a file between devices? (2022)

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

Isn’t https://wormhole.app/ the solution here? Note I haven’t used it, it’s just often brought up here as a good solution for this class of problem. Is it surprising that the author mentions a ton of solutions but not this one? I would think a deep dive of file sending applications would include this, it’s old enough and well known enough in circles that its exclusion in a comparison of file sending approaches does feel like a bit of an oversight

Re: How to copy a file between devices? (2022)

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Post by GMoromisato »

advael wrote: post #4

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The OP talks about transferring from a PC to a phone (and vice versa). I have no idea how to use scp on my phone or how to move a file from my PC to my phone with scp.

Honestly, if you can teach me how to do that in less than a minute, I would (no sarcasm) really appreciate it.

Re: How to copy a file between devices? (2022)

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Post by superkuh »

Most people should run a static HTTP/1.1 webserver (after port forwarding 80) on their home PC so they can dump files into a directory to share them by sending the http://your.ip.address.here/directory/ link via email or whatever.

When you use directories and files your OS itself is the natural interface and everything just works.

Re: How to copy a file between devices? (2022)

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Post by Yodel0914 »

vinhcognito wrote: post #3

It's insane to me that this is a frustration I've had back maybe 20 years now and I still feel like there isn't a particularly great solution. My current iteration is just a "transfer" SyncThing folder that is on all my devices. It's not clean or convenient but at least its incredibly fast.

Yep, syncthing is the closest I've found to a simple(ish) cross platform solution. Though when at home, my actual solution is to copy to my file server on one device, then copy from the server on the other.
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