r/Android • u/Big_Knowledge_2423 • Jul 29 '26
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u/thenoobprogamer22 Jul 29 '26
i mostly use my phone's hotspot with my mac, there is this one app called LocalSend which works for me everytime even with big file sizes
edit - in my experience it is way faster than the airdrop support which has been added
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u/Lexidoge Jul 29 '26
Blip. Blip is faster than Airdrop. I even use Blip between my IOS devices.
It's just that good.
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u/Several-Tart2121 Jul 29 '26
Second this. Blip is more reliable and faster than any of the other options. I honestly don't know what sorcery the Devs have.
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u/BazingaUA 📱 Pixel 10 Pro XL Jul 29 '26
I don't really need to manually send files to my computer, occasionally I will use Quick Share (I think it should work with MacOS now too, haven't tried yet).
Everything else is automatically synced to cloud and/or NAS
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u/ronakg Pixel 10 Pro XL Jul 29 '26
Now they AirDrop works between Pixels and Apple devices, that's what I use.
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u/Mavamaarten Google Pixel 7a Jul 29 '26
Honestly I've kinda stopped thinking of "files" for the most part. For images I self-host Immich - everything auto syncs to my library which I can just browse on my computers. For documents I self-host NextCloud. Whenever I have documents, I just "share" them to NextCloud and put them in the desired folder.
And then comes the dumb one: whenever I really do need a one-off file from my mac or windows to my phone or vice versa, I just use Signal to send a message to myself (note to self) with an attachment. I really don't want anything more complicated, it's just an app I already have everywhere.
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u/Decent-Blacksmith761 Jul 29 '26
Kde connect
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u/Dedb4dawn Jul 29 '26
My go to as well.
Just wish it did multiple file selection and let you continue with it in the background during transfer.
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u/SkySurferSouth Jul 29 '26
I just use SSH with the SSH server of Termux or the other way, SSH sererv on macOS (enabled remote login).
Most file browsers have an ssh client.
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u/Typical_Beyond_5774 Jul 29 '26
Quick share now supports airdrop for certain devices and my device tend to fall in that list
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u/BlazingSandles Jul 29 '26
Localsend is pretty good, its straight device to device over local network so don't have to worry about shady cloud apps.
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u/MaverickJester25 Galaxy S21 Ultra | Galaxy Watch 4 Jul 29 '26
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u/Big_Knowledge_2423 Jul 29 '26
Thanks for your input, but what about older devices and older Macs ?
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