I just had to email me a file I got sent to my phone and I feel unable to accept this as the better solution.

What you do guys use for inter-device communication?

  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    121·
    23 days ago

    PC to phone:

    • USB cable
    • KDE Connect
    • Nextcloud
    • Syncthing

    PC to PC:

    • USB drive
    • SFTP
    • SSH
    • Nextcloud
    • Syncthing

    Phone to PC:

    • USB cable
    • KDE Connect
    • Nextcloud
    • Syncthing
  • lemonhead2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    23 days ago
    1. syncthing (file synchronization)
    2. kdeconnect (file transfers, clipboard sharing, presentation remote)
    3. deskflow (keyboard and mouse sharing)
    4. warpinator (one off file sharing)
    5. rsync / scp (one off file copies / backups)
  • terminal@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    23 days ago

    Everyone else mentioned most of what I would suggest.

    One is missing for your original problem. Localsend. Think airdrop but cross platform. Super useful if you have a mix of devices (iOS, android, windows, etc…)

  • voklen@programming.devEnglish
    8·
    22 days ago

    Syncthing for everything: file transfers, backing up phone photos, synced obsidian vaults, etc.

  • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    22 days ago

    For phone <-> PC I use localsend. If I do PC to PC, possibly even large amounts of files or large files in general I put them on a network drive specifically intended for that purpose

  • StrawberryPigtails@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    Most of the time I use Nextcloud. If I can’t wait for the file to sync I’ll use either email or a jump drive depending on which devices I’m moving data between. I

    If I remember that I can, I’ll occasionally use bluetooth to send from my phone to one of my computers.

  • talkingpumpkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    For files I use syncthing (also for music/photos/notes/etc… syncing files is IMHO the way to go wherever applicable).

    For sending links to my PC (eg. articles linked from podcasts’ notes) I used to rely on firefox sync, but I’m starting to distance myself from Mozilla so I am gonna experiment with wallabang.

    For sending small notes to myself (stuff that I want to sort or act upon when I get to my PC), I’m using signal’s “note to self” but I’m investigating alternatives because signal doesn’t mark such messages as unread and so sometimes I forget I’ve sent some.

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      23 days ago

      Yep. For folders where I want access quick access to everything in the folder, SyncThing is best.

      Starting to dabble with KDE Connect for one-off file transfers where SyncThing is overkill

      • talkingpumpkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        23 days ago

        where SyncThing is overkill

        I just have a dedicated shared folder between my phone and desktop and drop oneoff stuff there (it’s also easier to script this way)

  • sznowicki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    23 days ago

    I use a mix of few things

    • kapus.app for starters where a device is completely new and I need to pass some secrets like login to Nextcloud to get keepass or something
    • Nextcloud - documents that I rarely access. Some bigger files
    • syncthing - for often access files like main keepass. Home server acts as a de-facto hub.
    • quick share for an airdrop replacement
    • if quick share is not working for some reason I also have a private channel on matrix where I can share some stuff quickly as-hoc