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Suggestions - App to Transfer Files Between Mobile Devices (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Uncurious3512@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi all,

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a (ideally) FOSS app that can help me transfer a large amount of files between mobile devices. The exact scenario I'm trying to solve for is transferring large amount of pictures and videos from a family member's iPhone to my Android mobile phone.

I've tried a few solutions (see below list) but they all had some short coming or issue. I would ideally love something that has a mobile app that can be installed, but that's only because in my experience mobile web browsers tend to timeout / hang when dealing with a large number of file uploads at once.

Filerun - Filerun worked the best in my testing and, if there are no other suggestions, I'll probably return to this one, despite it not being FOSS.
Pingvin - Worked the next best, but would time out more frequently than Filerun. As long as I would batch the upload to only a few hundred pictures at a time and kept the screen alive, it would handle the upload.
PairDrop - Loved the simplicity of this web app and not having to send or deal with share links, however I was unable to get it to send uploads of more than ~100 files at a time.
Immich - Honestly, a perfect solution but since I'm only trying to send select pictures between devices, way overkill. Plus, family members were uncomfortable with a solution that gave the perception that it was automatically uploading ALL of their pictures to my server.

Thanks in advance for the suggestions!

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you want a lot of files, but not ALL the files? Is this one-time or ongoing?

It might be easier for them to use Apple's tools like icloud, and then send you a share link for you to download. I assume icloud has some kind of "share album" function.

[–] Uncurious3512@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Its about 600 or so every few months. I'll have to look into iCloud ,but that could work. Thanks!