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RobOnTheCape · Jul 17, 2007, 10:00 AM

I need to transfer this large file to another computer not in the same location. The file is going from a machine running 10.3.9 to one running 10.4. To do this is there a software I should have, an online service to upload then download?

Thanks

peeb · Jul 17, 2007, 10:06 AM

A web based solution is probably the best.

Suikolove · Jul 17, 2007, 10:06 AM

If you're transferring it to a computer you have access to, then I would recommend burning it to a DVD-RW.

RobOnTheCape · Jul 17, 2007, 10:11 AM

My book doesn't burn dvds, and I'd rather not buy a burner if I didn't need to. Is there a web based service you could recommend?

peeb · Jul 17, 2007, 10:16 AM

Not especially, but xdrive gives 5gb free.

Cold Warrior · Jul 17, 2007, 11:18 AM

Can't you just turn on web sharing or ftp on the host computer?

RobOnTheCape · Jul 17, 2007, 11:54 AM

xdrive gives me a continuos spinning processing wheel after registering. Besides, I found out that the 5Gig free comes in batches of I think 50 meg batches.

I'll try the ftp.

Thanks

besson3c · Jul 17, 2007, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by peeb

A web based solution is probably the best.

No, a web based solution is probably the worst idea. Having a web server set to accept to 2.5 gig files would be insanity. I'd be surprised if such a thing existed.

I would go with SFTP or scp, AFP, WebDAV, or something similar.

mdc · Jul 17, 2007, 12:14 PM

If both computers are going to be online constantly, what about some sort of torrent?

Or setup an FTP server on the Mac hosting the file, connect to it from the other and download it.

besson3c · Jul 17, 2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by mdc

If both computers are going to be online constantly, what about some sort of torrent?

Or setup an FTP server on the Mac hosting the file, connect to it from the other and download it.

Wouldn't a torrent require a public tracker?

If you are interested in FTP, I suggest to *not* use FTP, but SFTP instead. When you authenticate to a regular FTP server, you send your password in the clear. Because most FTP servers that I"m aware of (including the one built into OS X) by default use your system account information, you are exposing your password for your entire system using regular FTP.

Cold Warrior · Jul 17, 2007, 12:44 PM

You could use web sharing. Drop it in your public folder, and create a web page or modify the default one (also in your folder) linking to the file. It's very simple. If the file's too big, use a program to break it up into smaller files, and then download each smaller file. Recombine with the same application.

Big Mac · Jul 17, 2007, 01:44 PM

Or get a small external hard drive. Fast and cheap.

mduell · Jul 17, 2007, 04:24 PM

https://www.foldershare.com/

Setting up an FTP/web server and getting DNS and NAT in your router to play nicely is just too much of a hassle.

Cold Warrior · Jul 17, 2007, 04:38 PM

Port forwarding is easy, and if it's a temp setup, working straight off IP addresses is simple. Also, he could just connect directly without the router.

Gee4orce · Jul 17, 2007, 04:44 PM

Get a USB flash drive - 4 GB versions can be had for about £15/$30 these days, and of course you get to keep a nifty pocket drive for future use. Save your stuff on it in an encrypted disk image just in case someone intercepts it en-route.

If you want to do it over the network, I recommend SFTP (ie, SSH) - turn on remote access on the server Mac, create an account for the other machine to log in as, and then grab the file with something like Transmit: this will pick up where if left off if the connection is lost, kind of handy when things crap out after 2.5Gb

Rumor · Jul 18, 2007, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Wouldn't a torrent require a public tracker?

IIRC, Azureus allows private torrents. For someone else to access it, they just need .tor file.