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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 treadmill »

Filligree wrote: post #202
genewitch wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

in the mid 90s i worked in a machine shop that had a side business where they had catalogs. They were trying to send .TIFF files over 14.4 or 28.8 modems. TIFF files over 10MB, so no floppy (easily.) No CD-R, Jazz/zip. These days in the same circumstance as you (and they) had, i'd fedex them a USB stick, or optical disc, depending. Because the first time someone said "the web page you linked is just displaying garbag…

As was pointed out in a cousin comment, it's not necessarily the browser or the webserver configuration. SSL proxies -- corporate middleware -- have a habit of breaking this way, by stripping the content-disposition field or similar.

Let the user talk to their IT department and have them reconfigure their snake oil so it's not broken?

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

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Post by vinnymac »

hulitu wrote: post #59
vinnymac wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is a list of open source options. This isn't the first time I have shared this on here either. Perhaps this is another sign that web search is failing us. SnapDrop - Site: https://snapdrop.net/ - Source: https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop ShareDrop - Site: https://www.sharedrop.io/ - Source: https://github.com/szimek/sharedrop FilePizza - Site: https://file.pizza/ - Source: https://github.com/kern/filepizza…

So the solution is to install another app and pray that it works on a PC.

Fortunately none of the options above require installation.

If properly invested in and maintained instead of being a toy open source project, they’d work seamlessly everywhere the web does.

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

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Post by tptacek »

rkangel wrote: post #219
aspyct wrote: post #136

I regularly have to send files to customers, from a few megabytes to a few gigs. It's incredibly hard. Mail? Goes to spam. WeTransfer? Mail clients break URL. Download from my website? Some stupid browser will display the zip data onscreen. Send the link through messenger? Messenger breaks the link. SaaS gallery? Some file managers can't open the zip file. I've been doing that for two years now. Still don't have a 10…

I don't have a good asynchronous solution, but if you can do it while on the phone/Teams with them, then Web Wormhole ( https://webwormhole.io/ ) is absolutely fantastic. You both open a web page, you drag a file onto yours and it starts appearing in their download folder. It's WebRTC based so peer-to-peer, E2E encrypted, with servers only used for serving the client, and for NAT punching.

What you really want is the native iOS or Android version of this (or of any Magic Wormhole derivative), which the wormhole-william people are working on (I think the Android version already works).

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

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Post by fimdomeio »

Jolter wrote: post #98
XorNot wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pairdrop was posted on HN a little while back and I setup an instance on my home network. Doesn't work everywhere obviously but it does seem to effectively solve this problem within my household. https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop

Does it require self-hosting a service?

no, you can use https://pairdrop.net/

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

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Post by vinnymac »

nomel wrote: post #39
SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #5

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 f…

No way. The "solution" can't require internet access.

The tech to do this exists, since WebRTC works without internet. One just needs to run a local server for signaling purposes.

https://github.com/coturn/coturn

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

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Post by pricci »

baeschtl wrote: post #87

Tailscale recently added local file transfers called Taildrop https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop This really solved this issue for me, right click a file and select the receiving peer and it just appears instantly on the other device.

In tailscale you also can expose a server to the internet with Funnel https://tailscale.com/kb/1223/funnel

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

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Post by lemome »

thesuavefactor wrote: post #74

Warpinator in Linux Mint works nice in this regard. Works in local networks, discovers it's peers and has mobile clients.

Warpinator works really well between Linux systems, it's like magic But add windows computer and it's a little bit of a mixed bag, you need to open ports, jungle the firewall and .. the magic is gone, the USB stick is out.

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

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Post by pkaeding »

For getting files off my android phone, I like "Share via HTTP". https://f-droid.org/packages/com.MarcosDiez.shareviahttp/ it is easy to use, and leaves nothing behind (it also doesn't use up space on the phone to stage the files to be transferred, like proton drive apparently does, which can matter if your storage is almost full)

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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

baxtr wrote: post #207
aspyct wrote: post #136

I regularly have to send files to customers, from a few megabytes to a few gigs. It's incredibly hard. Mail? Goes to spam. WeTransfer? Mail clients break URL. Download from my website? Some stupid browser will display the zip data onscreen. Send the link through messenger? Messenger breaks the link. SaaS gallery? Some file managers can't open the zip file. I've been doing that for two years now. Still don't have a 10…

Have you tried Dropbox links? The best solution I have found. But I agree it’s a mess.

If I try to access a Dropbox link from my company PC I get blocked by a security software.

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

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Post by interloxia »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #18

Signal has a “Note To Self” feature which in a rush can be used to push files across devices. I’ve sent PDFs between my Linux desktop and iPhone, but never anything bigger than a few Mb.

Only between desktop and one mobile phone though. I find it mildly inconvenient not to have my messages synced between two mobile devices. It really breaks the magic of cross device usage.
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