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Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by gonzalohm »

viktorcode wrote: post #4

One of the most convenient aspects of Air Drop for me is that it selects the fastest available connection between the devices and ability to work without both devices being on the same network. I wonder if any of the alternatives do the same.

Quickshare does

Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by tryptophan »

mikae1 wrote: post #7

Lovely, but was replaced by KDE Connect for me. Connect works for iOS, macOS, Android, Linux, you name it.

I like kde connect, but find it randomly breaks every month or so and for the life of me cannot figure out why. A week or so later it starts working again.

Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

dmak wrote: post #9
a7fort wrote: post #8

Recently started using it, it works really well and it's much more reliable than AirDrop. But the UX could be improved. But I just wish Apple fixed AirDrop, every time I go to use I have so little confidence in it, it often doesn't see devices or if you have multiple Mac users it will confuse them, showing you the same Mac device twice without telling you which user it is

Have you tried troubleshooting those issues already? I had similar visibility issues in the past, but seems to always work now for me.

I think it initiates the connection over Bluetooth so if your Bluetooth is poor it isn’t going to work very well.

Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by sdoering »

justindotdev wrote: post #12

came with omarchy pre installed, usedd it ever since. bonus points for it being open source too. i was surprised it is written in flutter. looking at how mutli-platform it is, flutter was the more appealing choice.

D'accord.

Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by OGWhales »

a7fort wrote: post #8

Recently started using it, it works really well and it's much more reliable than AirDrop. But the UX could be improved. But I just wish Apple fixed AirDrop, every time I go to use I have so little confidence in it, it often doesn't see devices or if you have multiple Mac users it will confuse them, showing you the same Mac device twice without telling you which user it is

Yup, for me I can see the device but when I try to initiate a send it just doesn't show up on the other device about half the time. I've not found a reliable way to fix it either, toggling AirDrop on and off on both devices seems the best way to fix it but only works like 70% of the time.
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