I have two computers with Windows 10. Preferably the simplest option, so that at the other end people with minimal IT competence can figure it out

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    10 months ago

    if they have minimal capacity for installing/configuring/using software, then sending a USB drive via the postal service should be a strong contender

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    10 months ago

    Syncthing? Never used it on Windows but they do have a client so it should work. That’s the simplest I can think of.

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    Syncthing, Resilio Sync, or one of those browser based p2p file sends e.g. https://file.pizza or similar.

    If both p2p ends know how to use torrents then creating a simple torrent to share to the other peer would work fine. But that requires slightly more IT competence especially if someone needs to open a port forward (ideally you would make sure you have your own port forwarded so the other party doesn’t have to worry about this).

    If you’re doing this more than once it might be worth setting up a simple server e.g. HFS is a nice open source/free HTTP file server, been a while since I used it but it still seems to be active https://www.rejetto.com/hfs/

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    10 months ago

    Per rule #3, this seems to be a general home computing question and not centered around self-hosting. Please consider adding details to clarify how this involves self-hosting.

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    10 months ago

    What about a torrent? You’ll have to encrypt with 7zip or something to keep it secure, but that and qbitorrent will do the trick.

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    Check out QuickDAV. I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for. If you’re going across the internet, you’d have to forward a port from your router. Otherwise, if you’re on the same network, it’s really simple.

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    It’s too big for email, and likely too big for Dropbox or Gdrive unless you have a paid account with them.

    That means you’re going to have to get slightly technical. Find a freeware SFTP program that can spawn a server on the host, and connect to it from the client to download the file.

    Good luck!

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    10 months ago

    Sync by resilio. I use it between my computers and nas and between my computer and my vps and my nas and my vps, I also use it between my work and personal phone.

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      10 months ago

      Resilio is really good, though I generally prefer Syncthing.

      Resilio is hard on memory with larger folders.

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        I’ve never had an issue but then again I don’t use it for much more than movies and TV. If sync thing supports qnap I might check it out but I’ve been using sync since it was launched (if not soon after).

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          10 months ago

          ST started as a Linux app, does QNap support things like docker yet? (Been a while since I looked at them).

          RS is a great tool - I wouldn’t switch if it works for you.

          It kills performance on my desktop because it keeps the index in ram for my media folder (10k files?). It’s even worse on a phone. But I still say it’s a great app, just with a slightly different use-case than ST. It’s especially nice for it’s On-demand sync.

          I’m currently building a new file server, and RS will be included there, even with the performance issues for our phones. On-demand sync is hard to beat.

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    10 months ago

    If you can RDP, just copy and paste the file from one computer to the other.