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.

Find private torrent sites accepting users with Trackerchecker

Private torrent trackers are great. If you’re after hard-to-find files that don’t make it to major sites like Piratebay or Mininova, you’ve likely tried to locate them on a private site only to learn that they’re not accepting signups. I still remember what a pain in the butt it was to keep checking in on Demonoid years ago to see when a few more spots would open up.

Trackerchecker does its best to keep you informed about which sites are accepting new user registrations and which ones aren’t. Over 500 trackers are currently supported, and they cover an incredibly wide range of specialties. As you can tell from the screenshot, they’re not all SFW, but then again, you probably shouldn’t be downloading from a private tracker at work anyway.

The code is easy to understand: green means you’re good to go, red means you’re out of luck for now. Sites that don’t respond to Trackerchecker’s queries in a timely manner are given a blue mark. If your desired site is taking signups, click its name to be taken directly to the registration page.

The listings also tell you when the last check was run on each site. Registering at Trackerchecker lets you build a list of favorites, making it easier to monitor only the sites you’re actually interested in joining.

It’s a great tool to add to your P2P bookmarks.

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.