Many a times you want to share big files over the internet. Generally, there are two options that you can use to share files easily.
- Attach the files to an email message and send it to the other person(s).
- Upload files to an online storage service and share the download link.
Now let's explore the possibilities, available services and benefits of each of these options. Each has its own advantages depending on scenarios and you can select the best way to share files depending on your needs.
1. Attatch big files in E-mail.
The most popular e-mail services are Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail. Both Gmail and Yahoo services cannot handle files of size bigger than 25Mb. Hotmail which recently re-vamped it's service lets you send messages upto 10GB.
But the maximum size of an individual file that you can attach to an Hotmail message is only 50 MB. Of course you can use a file-splitting utility like HJ-Split to break a big file into smaller chunks and then attach them all to a single message. The recipient can then join the files back using Hj-Split.
The downside with email attachments is obvious - most web-based email programs (including Gmail) will reject incoming messages that have big attachments and therefore, if you are sharing a big file via Hotmail, the recipients also have to be on Hotmail as well in order to receive that file.
2. Upload files to a free online storage service
Dropbox can be installed as a utility on your computer (Windows, Linux and Mac) and you can upload files of virtually any size to the Internet - it’s only limited by the size of your Dropbox storage which is 2GB in the case of free accounts.If you don't want to install it, you can upload files straight to the Dropbox website using your browser but the limit in this case is 300 MB per file.
File Dropper is simple, elegant, and the biggest of the bunch. 5GB! This should be fine for any rational uploader.Uploading a file is as easy as browsing for your file, and clicking “Upload.” Every file gets a permanent link that you’re free to share with your friends. As simple as that.
SkyDrive(From Microsoft) offers 25 GB of free online storage, with a limit of 50Mb on individual files. To share a big file, split it into chunks of 50 MB each and then upload them all to a single folder on SkyDrive. The recipient can download the entire folder as a ZIP or the files one by one and then join them all at his end.
That's it. Depending on which option you are comfortable with, choose one to share big files over the internet easily in a few simple steps.
This article- How To Share Big Files Over The Internet, was originally published in Skipser.
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