• lawrence@lemmy.world
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    We’ve connected all the computers worldwide, enabled real-time communication between anyone on the globe, developed amazing applications that run online, millions using them simultaneously. Yet, we still struggle to send a file between devices that are right next to each other.

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      If everyone had a team of engineers to setup their local network and devices it would be equally easy.

      It’s like we mastered the ability to mass produce food for billions of people, but if you try to do everything from scratch on your own it’s a PITA.

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    LocalSend has been a godsend (pun intended) to me. I used Snapdrop/Sharedrop before, but it was always a coin toss if the transfer would work or not. I ended up switching to filedrop, but for some reason my transfer speeds were really low.

    With LocalSend my issues have been all but resolved. I can send huge files between my pc and phone without fear of it disconnecting, and it works on my pc, old notebook, my dad’s iPhone and my android phone. I really can’t thank Tienisto (the creator) enough for what he built.

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      Can you help me with something? When I read “all but resolved“ I think it’s been everything apart from being resolved? Am I cursed‽

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        In this case what I meant to say is that I practically don’t have issues anymore. Apologies if it sounded confusing, English is not my first language.

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        That’s how I understand “all but”, but I’ve seen many people use it the opposite way, so maybe we’re wrong?

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        As @8orange8@lemm.ee said (https://lemmy.ml/comment/3459977), I believe they have different use cases. The TL;DR is: syncthing to have the same copy of a file across different devices, LocalSend to move files between devices directly.

        On syncthing you have to upload the file to the synced folder and then download the file to your device, so like device A -> server -> device B.

        Whereas on LocalSend you send the file directly between the devices, like device A -> device B.

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      They have different usage scenarios.

      LocalSend is for the occasional sending of files/folders from A to B or B to A (One direction only).

      Syncthing’s primary usage is for keeping the exact same copies of files on A and B automatically.

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        Also has the huge advantage for me that it actually works. I could never get Syncthing to work no matter how much I tweaked it. This worked instantly.

        And the interface is not a mess too.

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          I agree on Syncthing’s UI, and it did take me some time to understand it and get it working right. But I could only get LocalSend to accept files on my Pixel from my PC when I had the app open. Even with quick save turned on, it wouldn’t accept the file without having the app open. But maybe that’s the point of LocalSend? More deliberate file sharing?

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          For Syncthing I had to add a bunch of rules to my firewall to allow the necessary connections between my PC and smartphone. And for that I had to find, install and familiarize myself with a fire wall first. And after that ensure that the fire wall service is running always. Summa summarum: it’s not something that is likely to work out of the box.

          The great thing about Syncthing is that once you have it set up properly it really does work. It silently does its thing in the background and I never think about it

          Haven’t used LocalSend yet but I imagine it’s going to be much less of a pain if the traffic is all routed through the Brower.

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    Nice tool, didn’t knew about it, seems far more convenient for dumb end users than what I use right now.

    Either setup http/ftp servers but that’s painful to explain, or use services over Internet which is a shame on local network…

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      I’ll definitely be using LocalSend for my less tech-savvy friends, but I’ve had lots of success myself with Portal. It works local or over internet, depending on if it can make a direct connection or not. Works great for quick file transfers to and from my desktop and servers.

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    I also enjoy that one, but I found out, that the file transfer doesn’t work on my university network.

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    Been using it for the last few weeks as a way to easily share links or screenshots between PCs and my phone so I don’t have to log both devices into SMB, mostly an issue for my work laptop.

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      it would be nice if there was a gui for using rsync over ssh because that’s a lot of typing if you do it on command line

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    off topic about the site: does anyone have weird scrolling with it? It kept jumping to different pages for me.

    anw, the tool looks really cool. Been looking for something that supports different mobile options like this.