Sharing files between Mac and win with one other person

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-09-22 03:15pm

Can somebody reccomend a good easy to use free program that would allow me to share files with a friend who has a apple computer over the internet? (Specifically free legal music

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Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-09-22 03:24pm

FTP is da shit for file transfer.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-09-22 03:27pm

Can you reccomend a good easy to use program that works also for mac?
I've never used a ftp, don't you need a server for that like in usenet?

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2005-09-22 04:24pm

Run an FTP server like FileZilla Server on you PC.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-09-22 04:34pm

Does filezilla work with mac?
Also Does my friend need to download the server or just the program? (I know nothing about ftp programs)

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2005-09-22 04:35pm

There's always IM file transfer and both Windows and Mac have easily-available FTP servers.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2005-09-22 04:37pm

What about SFTP? Doesn't OSX come w/ SSH?

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-09-22 05:05pm

phongn wrote:There's always IM file transfer and both Windows and Mac have easily-available FTP servers.

IM is easily interrupted and slow, what are these readily available servers and how do I configure them?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-22 05:24pm

My way:

The Mac has Apache web server built in. Check it in System Preferences under sharing. Then go to your sites folder and stick the file in there.

It should be:

http://youripaddress/~username/filename.extension

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2005-09-22 06:14pm

Lots of ISPs are assholes and block port 80 such as COX, so you may have to configure Apache to listen to another port.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-09-23 01:06am

Praxis wrote:My way:

The Mac has Apache web server built in. Check it in System Preferences under sharing. Then go to your sites folder and stick the file in there.

It should be:

http://youripaddress/~username/filename.extension

How do I access my friends server once he does that?
Also can you tell me where to find an easy to use guide that I can e-mail my friend?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-23 01:35am

He'll send you the link to the file.

In my case, I use no-ip.com to forward gflpraxis.no-ip.com to my IP address, so for me, http://gflpraxis.no-ip.com/OSX86.zip for example will download those videos of Mac OS X running on a Dell that Apple Legal had pulled straight off my hard drive on my web server.

Quick guide:

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2 ... pache.html

It's talking about using it for pages but you can just as easily stick files up there.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2005-09-23 01:41pm

Pu-239 wrote:What about SFTP? Doesn't OSX come w/ SSH?

Yes. If his friend is behind a firewall he can control, then he can just let port 22 through and turn on FTP services and SSH.