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Sharing files between Mac and win with one other person
Posted: 2005-09-22 03:15pm
by The Grim Squeaker
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
)
Posted: 2005-09-22 03:24pm
by Faram
FTP is da shit for file transfer.
Posted: 2005-09-22 03:27pm
by The Grim Squeaker
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?
Posted: 2005-09-22 04:24pm
by Jawawithagun
Run an FTP server like FileZilla Server on you PC.
Posted: 2005-09-22 04:34pm
by The Grim Squeaker
Does filezilla work with mac?
Also Does my friend need to download the server or just the program? (I know nothing about ftp programs)
Posted: 2005-09-22 04:35pm
by phongn
There's always IM file transfer and both Windows and Mac have easily-available FTP servers.
Posted: 2005-09-22 04:37pm
by Pu-239
What about SFTP? Doesn't OSX come w/ SSH?
Posted: 2005-09-22 05:05pm
by The Grim Squeaker
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?
Posted: 2005-09-22 05:24pm
by Praxis
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
Posted: 2005-09-22 06:14pm
by Pu-239
Lots of ISPs are assholes and block port 80 such as COX, so you may have to configure Apache to listen to another port.
Posted: 2005-09-23 01:06am
by The Grim Squeaker
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?
Posted: 2005-09-23 01:35am
by Praxis
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.
Posted: 2005-09-23 01:41pm
by Durandal
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.