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Best Mac-friendly way to send large files?
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What's a good, easy, simple, reliable, mac-friendly, and grandma-friendly way to send large files like digital photos? I know there's a lot of services out there that let you pay to do this on the web, but I don't really want to pay for memberships to compare them...
Any recommendations?
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One way, if your grandma has a static IP (or something close to it) is to set up an FTP/SFTP server on her Mac. Then you can just deposit the files right there.
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SFTP, maybe.
Do not open up FTP - that's just asking to get attacked.
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Originally Posted by tooki 
One way, if your grandma has a static IP (or something close to it) is to set up an FTP/SFTP server on her Mac. Then you can just deposit the files right there.
tooki
No static IP, sadly. 
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Originally Posted by Mastrap
Ooh, YouSendIt does look good. Thanks, I'll check them out.
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What I did was ordering prints from iPhoto and having them delivered to my grandmother. Worked great for both of us.
If I want to send larger files digitally I use iChat file-transfer (Adium if I send to a Windows user).
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Originally Posted by tooki
One way, if your grandma has a static IP (or something close to it) is to set up an FTP/SFTP server on her Mac. Then you can just deposit the files right there.
tooki
I'm sure it won't be hard to teach grandma how to administer an ftp server 
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
What I did was ordering prints from iPhoto and having them delivered to my grandmother. Worked great for both of us.
If I want to send larger files digitally I use iChat file-transfer (Adium if I send to a Windows user).
Yeah, iChat's probably the best way to do it in this case.
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Originally Posted by macintologist
Oooh, they've got a really nice set up. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by nonhuman
No static IP, sadly.
Dyndns.org is your friend.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Dyndns.org is your friend.
You beat me to it. It is sweet.
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