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#1 Post by OFSO » Sat May 18, 2019 10:03 am

I have a large file to transfer - hi res photos of this house amounting to 153Mb - and my e-mail packages object to sending this as an attachment. Any ideas how to uplink it ?

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Re: File transfer

#2 Post by ian16th » Sat May 18, 2019 10:52 am

If you have the Firefox browser, use the add on 'Firefox Send', it claims to accept files up to 1GB.

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#3 Post by ian16th » Sat May 18, 2019 10:52 am

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Sat May 18, 2019 10:03 am
I have a large file to transfer - hi res photos of this house amounting to 153Mb - and my e-mail packages object to sending this as an attachment. Any ideas how to uplink it ?
If you have the Firefox browser, use the add on 'Firefox Send', it claims to accept files up to 1GB.
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#4 Post by k3k3 » Sat May 18, 2019 10:53 am

USB stick and a homing pigeon?

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#5 Post by Capetonian » Sat May 18, 2019 10:58 am

Dropbox?

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#6 Post by Rwy in Sight » Sat May 18, 2019 11:06 am

Box? The up I mean

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Re: File transfer

#7 Post by OFSO » Sat May 18, 2019 2:45 pm

Thanks y'all, excellent advice as I use the Fox.

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#8 Post by G~Man » Sat May 18, 2019 4:29 pm

Send it via G-mail, it will upload to your Google drive and be sent as a link.
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#9 Post by ian16th » Sat May 18, 2019 5:29 pm

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Sat May 18, 2019 2:45 pm
Thanks y'all, excellent advice as I use the Fox.
Let us know if it works please.

A friend told about it, but I haven't needed to try it.
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#10 Post by OFSO » Sat May 18, 2019 7:44 pm

No, couldn't download it to my (latest version) of the Fox. But found something else which will try next week.

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#11 Post by ian16th » Sat May 18, 2019 8:38 pm

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No, couldn't download it to my (latest version) of the Fox. But found something else which will try next week.
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Re: File transfer

#12 Post by OFSO » Sun May 19, 2019 7:04 am

Will do......

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#13 Post by zarniwoop » Mon May 20, 2019 10:08 am

I use Mediafire as a file host, mostly for posting pictures here but it's useful for sharing large files with other people, various options to create links for different uses.

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#14 Post by llondel » Tue May 21, 2019 5:02 pm

Depends where it's going. I chuck large files around between my machines using various ssh-based utilities.

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#15 Post by OFSO » Wed May 22, 2019 4:22 pm

Fiasco. Usually got to 80% of the files, then started recyling. After reducing files in size got a few over but ended up attaching ten photos at a time to giggle and sending them that way. Easier to dump the lot on an SD card and post it (although not from Spain where such things have a habit of disappearing from envelopes when they are opened, contents photocopied, and clumsily resealed).

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#16 Post by G~Man » Wed May 22, 2019 5:26 pm

If you have a Google account, you can upload your images to Google Photos and then share the album with who ever and they can download them at their leisure.
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Re: File transfer

#17 Post by OFSO » Wed May 22, 2019 8:01 pm

Yes I have. Google photos scoops up everything. Even the pictures you were thinking of taking but never got round to! Anyway, all done now....

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