Localsend!
Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way
Submitted 3 months ago by renzev@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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hungover_pilot@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Chev@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Always have a tiny USB drive on my key chain. The digital space is so huge nowadays and they cost almost nothing.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I use the Signal “Note to self” contact for smaller files, or SMB if i have to transfer large amounts - no usb-sticks needed.
for other people i normally upload either to send.vis.ee if it’s a one time thing, to catbox.moe if i suspect that i have to share it more often over time or litterbox.catbox.moe for 3 day availability.
gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
rsyncnickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Came here for this.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
I usually just use Bluetooth cuz I’m only transferring an image or two over.
AscendantSquid@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I think it’s a flash drive; you plug it into your phone, load files onto it, unplug it then plug it into the computer.
0laura@lemmy.world 3 months ago
oooh that makes a lot more sense, thanks. I was confused too
obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
From my experience, a USB cable is the easiest to find/use.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 3 months ago
From my experience,
aone USB cable boi is the easiest to find/use.
Lojcs@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Mtp is so unstable in my experience that I try to use anything else available
Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There is a little “most advanced transfer solutions” in your Spyware
ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Send via Bluetooth…
Raptor_007@lemmy.world 3 months ago
www.snapdrop.net
Run it locally yourself to make it even easier.
knight@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I use WebDAV because my phones use that for all services which keeps everything on my own servers. Contacts, calendar, files, etc. Both Android and iPhone can be set up this way.
LMagicalus@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Command line FTP is good enough for me.
GTG3000@programming.dev 3 months ago
I used to use FTP for file transfer, nowadays I just start up a HTTPS server on the source machine and grab stuff from there.
Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Local send.
You’re welcome
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve been using floppy disks. You mean there are other options now?
Facebones@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I need a USBC floppy drive now. “Hey, can I get that pic you took?”
“Sure! Its on these 4 floppies!”
callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Attach it to a draft email. Log in on the other thing, go to drafts, download your file, delete draft.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Is FX bad now? Been using it for nearly a decade and it works great for me.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I use FX too. 0 problems.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have a file manager named FX on my android (costef just a couple of euros), is thatwhat you ate talking about?
SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yep, been using the pro version for a long time.
programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Termux, rsync and SSH.
Add a VPN and I can connect everywhere to my personal PC.
baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Termux, rsync and SSH.
Worked okay until I got overzealous and killed my battery from leaving Termux on for convenience.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I pick one device-to-device option and it won’t load.
I pick another and it transfers at the speed of EDGE.
I end up just emailing the file to myself because my email is synced across all devices and it takes two minutes.
9point6@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I feel a bit like a bit of a fossil here, but why not drop the file into a network file share and grab it from there on your phone? No physical item required
MudMan@fedia.io 3 months ago
Cx Expolorer on Android can access network shares and Samba shares like a desktop OS. It really isn't a particularly outdated option, it's so much less fiddly than direct drive access from a PC and it effectively works just like a USB stick, interface-wise, without having to do the whole "where did I put my thumbdrive" dance each time.
AceSLS@ani.social 3 months ago
ADB via USB for speed, rsync via WiFi for everything else
renzev@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Is ADB faster than MTP (the thing that android does by default when connecting over USB)?
QRCP is also pretty neat. It boots up a local http server to send/receive files and shows a QR code pointing to it. Works on android via termux as well!
HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
MTP is awfully slow on my Nokia G20 at least. OTOH, it has a uSD slot so I could just pop it out and transfer that way.
$150 phones are better than $1500 ones.
AceSLS@ani.social 3 months ago
Is ADB faster than MTP
Yes, at least for every device I had in the past 6 years. By a lot actually
Eww@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I just put it on an SD card and pop it in my phone.
abcdqfr@lemmy.world 3 months ago
SMB/NFS
then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Solid explorer FTP plugin has always worked fine for me.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 months ago
me too. Fantastic, simple, fast.
sag@lemm.ee 3 months ago
My charger cable that’s all I want.
Rin@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Sftp
Nikls94@lemmy.world 3 months ago
iPhone and Mac be like:
Device one: copy
Device two: paste
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 3 months ago
Right up until it doesn’t, for no reason you can ascertain.
baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Just, buy a new iPhone and Mac every two years.
MashedTech@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Localsend
John@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
I use syncthing for regular syncing of files and warpinator for single files.
EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I used to go to a trade school where we were learning very basic app development
This was such a good tool to test it on my phone
Trilobite@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I just email myself
variants@possumpat.io 3 months ago
Yeah I email myself for work stuff since we aren’t supposed to plug in our phones to our work computers.
gazter@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Is there a file size limit?