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That's all nice and dandy, but what about sending data the other way, from a phone to a desktop? Meticulously typing in long strings of text with no mistakes is
by Etheryte 1y ago
That's all nice and dandy, but what about sending data the other way, from a phone to a desktop? Meticulously typing in long strings of text with no mistakes is not really a practical solution for the vast majority of users.
- simianparrot 1y agoQR codes?
- leetrout 1y agoNot all desktops have cameras.
- Etheryte 1y agoThe vast majority of desktops do not have a camera.
- placardloop 1y agoYou can still generate the QR code in the desktop and scan it with your phone camera. The device receiving the file does not have to be the device that scans the code.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- password4321 1y agoThe moderately technical solution is a single-file webserver on the computer that supports file uploads, like https://github.com/sigoden/dufs https://github.com/sigoden/dufs. Once it is running all you need to type on the phone is the IP:port.
- bobbylarrybobby 1y agoStart web server on desktop, show QR on desktop, scan with phone, phone posts key to route in QR code
- doublerabbit 1y agoLANDrop https://landrop.app/ https://landrop.app/ There are some forks since the software was originally opensource but then closed it.
- mhitza 1y agoLocalsend, if you're on the same wifi network. Works decently for sending files between Android/iOS/Desktop (sometimes on iOS the app must be closed and reopened a couple of times before non iOS devices can detect it, for some reason). I use magic wormhole everywhere else, servers, vms, etc.