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How to send files between any two devices

Practical guides for getting a file from one machine to another. Sorted by direction, and by whatever you are actually stuck on: iPhone to a Windows PC, Android to a macOS computer, a stand-in for AirDrop, sending without installing anything, sending something that has to stay private. No account, nothing to install.

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Send large files between computers and phones, with no account

One page, both devices, one 8-character code. Works between Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone and Android in any combination. The file never sits on a server.

7 min read Computer to computer

Send a file from one computer to another, no install needed

Laptop to desktop, macOS to Windows, work machine to home machine. Two numbers and a browser tab on each side.

6 min read Computer to phone

Send a file from your computer to your phone, no cable needed

PC to iPhone, macOS to Android, laptop to tablet. Scan nothing, install nothing. Open a page and type an 8-character code.

6 min read Phone to computer

Send files from your phone to a computer, no cable and no app

iPhone to Windows, Android to macOS. Full-quality photos and video off the phone without a cable and without an app.

6 min read Phone to phone

Send files from one phone to another, including iPhone to Android

The case AirDrop and Quick Share both give up on. Two phones, two browser tabs, one 8-character code.

5 min read iPhone and Windows

Transfer photos and videos from an iPhone to a Windows PC

No cable, no iTunes, no iCloud account. Open one web page on the iPhone and one on the PC, read out an 8-character code.

6 minutes read Android and macOS

Transfer files from Android to a macOS computer without a cable

macOS will not mount an Android phone as a drive. Going through the browser sidesteps the whole problem.

6 minutes read AirDrop alternative

AirDrop for Windows: sending files between an iPhone, a macOS machine and a PC

AirDrop only works Apple to Apple. The moment one end is Windows or Android you need another route.

5 minutes read Nothing to install

Share files without installing an app or signing up

A locked-down work machine. A phone with no space left. Someone else's computer. In all three, a web page is the only route.

5 minutes read Privacy

Sending a file privately: who can read what you send

Encrypted in transit, nothing stored, no account. And one place where we do not make a hard guarantee, spelled out here.

7 minutes read

Try it with the file you are stuck on right now

Open the page on both devices, pick the file, read out the 8-character code. Nothing to install, no account, and the file never rests on our server.

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