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Carole
17 Nov 2014

Before I send any pictures, I always reduce them in size by using Paint Shop Pro or PhotoShop. It works very well and I have never had a problem.

Posted by:

Rochelle
17 Nov 2014

We had been using YouSendIt.com for years,which now belongs to Hightail.com. They offer a 250GB limit on their free Lite Account, and our accounts transferred automatically from Yousendit.

We've also used SizableSend.com, which is free up to 5 GB.

SecurelySend has a 2 GB limit on their free account.

TyphoonUpload is not connecting and has timed out.

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Andy68
17 Nov 2014

I have had to send a big file recently (94MB) and found filemail.com It does take awhile to upload but so far it has done what it says it does. As already stated, the upload is slow and you are also informed when the file has been downloaded (including where). You can supply the email address when you upload the file or send you own email with the link. The first is better otherwise you must wait for it to be uploaded (in an hour or so!!)so you can obtain the link. You do not have to provide any email address or register. There is both a free version and a paid one, probably with faster upload and download speeds.

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RandiO
17 Nov 2014

Few Factoids:
1. Outlook.com cloud storage is now called OneDrive (no longer "SkyDrive").
2. Most cloud storage sites have limitations as to the type of content that can be stored (and shared).
3. Sharing video files can be achieved by posting them at YouTube (YT), but requires a gmail account or a YouTube account (YT sharing can be achieved via public or private shares).
4. Fairly new files sharing capability (Peer-To-Peer or P2P) called www.getsync.com is FREE and is faster than cloud storage services. Unfortunately, it does require that both ends have an app installed which must be running. It is compatible with all OperatingSystems, and devices (even mobile). There is no size limitation to the hosted files to be shared. Very legal,very secure and very FREE.
Apologies for the length of the comment.

Posted by:

Don
17 Nov 2014

There are never enough "cats doing funny things" videos.

Posted by:

Stuart Berg
17 Nov 2014

The one I like because it's so easy to use is SendThisFile [https://www.sendthisfile.com/]. You must create an account there to use it, but you can send any size file. There is no limit. I have sent a 5 GB file. It sends a link to the person that needs to download the file and they have 5 days to download it. The free version is limited to sending the link to 1 person and the upload of the file is throttled back, getting slower as time progresses. However, the download is always at full speed. The paid version allows you to send the link to multiple people and uploads at full speed.

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Charley
17 Nov 2014

There are a lot of sites that allow you to send "big files". Many are free, some charge. Security varies and I wouldn't necessary trust any of them with something really sensitive. But then I don't necessary trust email for that purpose either unless I encrypt the file.

Just Google send big files or mail big files. Most let you upload the file then send it. The user gets an email with a link to download. The file usually disappears in a few days. The paid versions let you keep them longer and send bigger files.

I have been using the free version of mailbigfile for a while now (www.mailbigfile.com) and found it met my needs on those rare occasions where I needed to send a big file. The free version limits an individual file to 2 gigabytes.

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MP-L
17 Nov 2014

The reason I signed on for Googlemail as well as mypostoffice was that the latter hardly accommodated even one photo. But I did not know about Google Drive. Admirably lucid explanation. Thanks.

Posted by:

Karl Gregg
17 Nov 2014

Outlook.com has an “insert” option on its message-composition menu bar. One of the sub-options is “Share from SkyDrive,” Microsoft’s cloud storage service. Click that to select a file already in your SkyDrive folder, or to upload one from your hard drive to be shared via SkyDrive.
Hi Bob, Microsoft have renamed this as OneDrive after they were taken to task by someone who had registered the name SkyDrive.

Posted by:

Walter T
17 Nov 2014

I think that one contributor to this problem is the "more megapixels are better" thinking of users. Or maybe they aren't thinking. The vast majority of digital "snapshots" will only be viewed on a phone or computer screen, so a 1M or 2Mpixel image would be adequate. But users seem to default to the maximum resolution settings for their cameras (assuming they are actually aware of such settings), and so each 10-12Mpixel photo takes up much more space, clogs up hard drives and storage cards, and cloud storage, and is more cumbersome to share.

Posted by:

Kirill
17 Nov 2014

All those limitation were set not only historically, but technologically, since there is a special protocol for file exchange - ftp (File Transfer Protocol) that from the beginning of time (in the Internet terms) was intended to send files. For that, of course, you need to have access to ftp-server that is easy for any system/network administrator, but could be a tricky thing for a regular user. Before modern day cloud services there were file sharing services like rapidshare, megaupload etc. You upload your file there and send a link to that to your recipient. There were limitations like number of downloads or time limit to store it at the server or how often a file was downloaded after reaching the limit the file disappears. Also pretty handy were services like yousendit (now hightail) with different limitations according of service level - free or paid. It works similar way as file sharing services, like one week of keeping the file for free service.

But today, as Bob said, the cloud services are almost monopolist there. I'd also mentioned some of services. Megaupload transfers from file sharing service that was closed due to copyright violation (why nobody closes regular brick-and-mortar libraries?) to cloud service mega.co.nz with generous 50Gb of space for free service. But nobody could beat Chinese cloud service yunpan.360.cn with 36Tb (Terabytes) of free space. You can get this huge storage for your digital garbage... errr... sorry, preciouses after you open account there (5Gb), install PC-application (+10Tb) and install mobile phone application for Android or iOS (+26Tb). Another drawback - it completely Chinese. I mean - no English client or menu. It's not a rocket science to find out how to use it without learning Chinese (you can use Google translator imbedded into Google Chrome or find illustrated instruction in the Internet). Another option to learn Russian, since crazy Russians localized original Chinese client to their less crazy, than Chinese language. Also there is baidu cloud service with decent 2Tb space, but I didn't try them, so can not say anything about them.

Posted by:

Orgman
17 Nov 2014

www.SendBigFiles.com is a great service and free for files up to 50Mb. I use it all the time for sending articles to publishers. It was the publishers who recommended it to me!

Posted by:

Glenn
17 Nov 2014

here is the one i use and it is free
http://www.mailbigfile.com/
Has 4 gigs and can send 5 at a time
hope this helps

Posted by:

Daniel Wiener
17 Nov 2014

I hadn't heard of 7-Zip, but I've been using another free program called Winsplit (http://tinyurl.com/l4orm5j) for several years now, which does the same thing. It works quite well.

Posted by:

John H
17 Nov 2014

The site I like best for this purpose is WeTransfer.com It is free and remarkably simple to use. The sender and receiver both get notification e-mails when a transaction is initiated and completed. You are limited to 2GB at any one time, which is usually adequate. If you want to purchase their "Plus" service, I think the limit is 10GB at a time. Jmh

Posted by:

Karena
17 Nov 2014

Also, irfanview (for windows) or GIMP (all platforms) can be easily used to resize images. (Both free.)

Posted by:

Jerry
17 Nov 2014

I've had great results sending multiple photos using the website http://www.picresize.com/. I choose the option to reduce the photo size by 75%, which hardly affects the photo quality but allows sending many more photos as an email attachment than if no resizing is done.

Posted by:

Don Trotman
18 Nov 2014

Agree with Walter T. Even 100 to 200K is plenty for snapshots. Picasa automatically reduces pix for emailing.

Posted by:

Susan Gawarecki
18 Nov 2014

I used the free version of wetransfer.com (lets you send up to 2 GB and it stays on their site for a week) and was satisfied with the service. For my use, it was transferring a large pdf to a printer.

Posted by:

Yves
18 Nov 2014

Hi Bob,
There is https://www.wetransfer.com/ that let you transfer up to 10GB for free.

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