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Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨renzev@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Trilobite@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just email myself

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    • variants@possumpat.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah I email myself for work stuff since we aren’t supposed to plug in our phones to our work computers.

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      • gazter@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is there a file size limit?

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  • hungover_pilot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Localsend!

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  • Chev@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Always have a tiny USB drive on my key chain. The digital space is so huge nowadays and they cost almost nothing.

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  • a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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  • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    rsync

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    • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Came here for this.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I usually just use Bluetooth cuz I’m only transferring an image or two over.

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    • AscendantSquid@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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      • 0laura@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        oooh that makes a lot more sense, thanks. I was confused too

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  • obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    From my experience, a USB cable is the easiest to find/use.

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    • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From my experience, aone USB cable boi is the easiest to find/use.

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  • Lojcs@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mtp is so unstable in my experience that I try to use anything else available

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  • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is a little “most advanced transfer solutions” in your Spyware

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  • ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Send via Bluetooth…

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      sad iPhone noises

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      • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        send via airdrop

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  • Raptor_007@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    www.snapdrop.net

    Run it locally yourself to make it even easier.

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  • knight@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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  • LMagicalus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Command line FTP is good enough for me.

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    • GTG3000@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Local send.

    You’re welcome

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  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve been using floppy disks. You mean there are other options now?

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    • Facebones@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I need a USBC floppy drive now. “Hey, can I get that pic you took?”

      “Sure! Its on these 4 floppies!”

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  • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Attach it to a draft email. Log in on the other thing, go to drafts, download your file, delete draft.

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  • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is FX bad now? Been using it for nearly a decade and it works great for me.

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I use FX too. 0 problems.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a file manager named FX on my android (costef just a couple of euros), is thatwhat you ate talking about?

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      • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep, been using the pro version for a long time.

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  • programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Termux, rsync and SSH.

    Add a VPN and I can connect everywhere to my personal PC.

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    • baltakatei@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Termux, rsync and SSH.

      Worked okay until I got overzealous and killed my battery from leaving Termux on for convenience.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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  • AceSLS@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ADB via USB for speed, rsync via WiFi for everything else

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    • renzev@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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!

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      • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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      • AceSLS@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is ADB faster than MTP

        Yes, at least for every device I had in the past 6 years. By a lot actually

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  • Eww@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just put it on an SD card and pop it in my phone.

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  • abcdqfr@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    SMB/NFS

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  • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Solid explorer FTP plugin has always worked fine for me.

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    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      me too. Fantastic, simple, fast.

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  • sag@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My charger cable that’s all I want.

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  • Rin@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sftp

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  • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    iPhone and Mac be like:

    Device one: copy

    Device two: paste

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right up until it doesn’t, for no reason you can ascertain.

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      • baltakatei@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Just, buy a new iPhone and Mac every two years.

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  • MashedTech@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Localsend

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  • John@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use syncthing for regular syncing of files and warpinator for single files.

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  • EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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

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