Sending large files

JohnB47

Hi. I have a set of folders/subfolders containing digital images that I want to send to some people. The total size of the images is 61.5Mb.

I initially thought of buying three USB sticks and sending the files recorded on those but is there another way to do this?

Apparently 20Mb is the max size I can attach in a Hotmail email so I suppose I could send them all as a series of emails. But I really want to send them in the folder/subfolder arrangement, i.e. all as one file.

Is there a 'modern' way to send largish files? One that is not too technical for the recipients?

Oh and I want this to be easy on the recipients so I don't want to use compression.

Thanks.

oldernonethewiser

I have used MEGA in the past to upload a large file and then send a link to that file to family.

Grey_Critic

We Transfer - Free - For casual file-senders Send up to 2 GB

https://wetransfer.com/

TadleyBaggie

Agree with above, used WeTransfer many times, worked well.

Krakkkers

3 usb sticks for 61.5MB?  I have 2 256GB sticks so you could put your files on 4000 times over.

Krakkkers

You could just upload the files to dropbox or similar and tell your friends where to download them.

Beddie

Krakkkers said:

3 usb sticks for 61.5MB?  I have 2 256GB sticks so you could put your files on 4000 times over.

He wants to send to 3 people - hence 3 sticks! Still not the best idea though to be fair.

flaneurs_lobster

Upload to Google Drive and share a link? 

Bonhomie

JohnB47 said:

Hi. I have a set of folders/subfolders containing digital images that I want to send to some people. The total size of the images is 61.5Mb.

I initially thought of buying three USB sticks and sending the files recorded on those but is there another way to do this?

Apparently 20Mb is the max size I can attach in a Hotmail email so I suppose I could send them all as a series of emails. But I really want to send them in the folder/subfolder arrangement, i.e. all as one file.

Is there a 'modern' way to send largish files? One that is not too technical for the recipients?

Oh and I want this to be easy on the recipients so I don't want to use compression.

Thanks.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/free-online-cloud-storage/

droopsnoot

Really, don't send them as emails. Encoding would mean that your files grow in size significantly and if any of the recipients are on a low-speed connection they won't thank you.

Any of the online solutions mentioned above, I've used wetransfer and Google drive to accomplish similar. If you want to preserve the folder structure, consider creating a zip of the "top" folder and sharing that rather than individual files.

JohnB47

Thanks everyone. I'll have a think.