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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

also great, and entirely in web browser so no download needed:

https://www.sharedrop.io/ - also works over the internet! no local network necessary

https://snapdrop.net/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And you can run your own local instance of Snapdrop too! Got it running in Docker on my Synology NAS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PairDrop is an improved version of SnapDrop that works both locally and over the Internet. I've found it more reliable to set up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pairdrop is great. Lives in a tiny Docker container and hasn’t failed me yet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

From reading the app description:

Everything happens locally in the wifi network

Does this mean devices have to be on the same Wi-Fi network for this to work? This looks extremely interesting as someone that runs Linux on my home computer, and the vast majority of my transfers are between devices on my home WiFi network, but I'd just like to know if it works elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for sharing! Just a heads up that we typically ask that the original source be posted (in this case, the release from Google at https://blog.google/products/android/nearby-share-windows-android/). If you don't mind editing the submission, it'd be much appreciated! On Lemmy, we can update both the title and link :).

Edit: this was actually already shared it seems! https://lemdro.id/post/121569

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Since the launch of the beta, Google says it saw over 50 million files transferred between PCs and Android devices.

Can someone explain to me why google needs to know when I am sharing a file locally?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Because Google. I will say tho that at least during a beta it's very normal for the terms and conditions to specify sending info about each transfer and also bugs..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Analytics of how many times users use certain features is very normal in software development

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

KDE Connect - available for Linux, Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows

A ported version is available for Mac.

It supports to transfer files, clipboard, able to access/send SMS, use it as remote keyboard/mouse, pass terminal commands from mobile to pc and many more without Google.

The peer devices should be on same Wi-Fi, that's the requirement.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know what the experience is like for other people but KDE connect sucked to use on windows for me. It was a coin toss whether or not it would detect my devices. Nearby Share has been flawless so far.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Now do mac... ? :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is it just on my end or it takes about half a minute for the Windows device to detect the Android device, but not the other way around?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

For me it takes minutes to find each other

Completely unusable

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