Transfer big files with TransferBIGFiles

You’ve got files, and you need to get them from here to there. Maybe you need to work on the Big Project at home, but you didn’t bring you laptop in today to carry it home on. Or maybe you need to share your work with a colleague in the next office—or on the other side of the world. You could attach it to an email, but big files in an email can be a no-no. You could set up an FTP server, but there’s all the administrative overhead in the care and feeding of such a beast. Maybe you ought to check out TransferBIGFiles.

With no registration required, it’s easy to send your files where they need to go. From their website, you just upload the file (or files) you’re interested in, and enter an email address for your recipient. They’ll get an email with a download link and before you know it, they’ve grabbed the file and you can all get on with life. There’s no limit to the number of files you can transfer here, although they can’t be larger that 1GB in size each. That’s a pretty big file—all the data you can pack onto a CD-ROM and then some. Your file is available for at least five days after you upload it, so there’s no reason why your recipient can’t find a minute to grab it.

TransferBIGFiles is a free online service. It should be compatible with any computer running a modern web browser.

Files Over Miles does simple, direct transfers in your browser

Looking for a good, simple way to send files using only your web browser? As long as you and your recipient have the Flash plugin installed, it doesn’t get much easier than Files Over Miles.

Choose a file to share, and FOM creates a hash-like URL for the transfer. Nothing starts moving until the receiver visits the URL and the client kicks in. Once that happens, your data is sent directly to the person at the other end. Nothing is stored on a server and transfers are fully encrypted.

FOM is free to use and will likely stay that way. Since you use your own bandwidth, their expenses should be fairly minimal.

The service works well, though I’d like to see integrated support for short URLs. For now, you can always use one of the options on Jay’s big list to trim your link manually.

Upload files to multiple mirrors ine one step with Gazup

Like previously mentioned Rapidspread, Gazup is a web service that allows you to upload a file and mirror it on several hosts with ease.

Gazup’s interface is decidedly more Web 2.0 (it’s up to you to decide whether that’s a good or bad thing). Apart from uploading a file directly from your machine, Gazup also supports mirroring files from a URL. It’s a handy way to provide alternative downloads for files on your own FTP or web server.

Uploaded files are currently mirrored on up to nine hosts: RapidShare, MegaUpload, FileFactory, HideMyAss, Badongo, Mediafire, Uploadbox, zShare, and NetLoad.in. Files can be managed from your control panel, and Gazup will even notify you if your mirrors are unavailable.

Features are still being worked on, including automatic thumbnail creation for video files. I tested with several different video formats but didn’t have any luck. Hopefully developers will sort this out, as it would be a great feature to help Gazup stand out from the crowd.

Download Squad Upload, Share, and Mirror in One Step With Rapidspread

There are plenty of great places to upload and share files, so why not use a bunch of them all at once?

Rapidspread is a a simple file upload site that automatically forwards your files to as many as 10 filesharing sites. From the upload page, simply browse for your file(s), agree to the terms of service, and click share. Once the upload is complete, RapidSpread displays a URL to send to your friends as well as direct links to your file on the supported hosts it’s been transferred to.

My test rar file successfully uploaded to eight of the ten possible hosts – not too shabby. When I chose to upload several images, RapidSpread was even smart enough to limit mirroring to the media-sharing services (ImageShack, Badongo, ZShare, and ZippyShare).

Anyone that uploads files on a regular basis will appreciate the simplicity and power of RapidSpread. If the developers would just intergrate a short URL service like bit.ly, this would be a truly killer service. Give it a shot, and see how it stacks up against your favorite service.