The PeerFlow blog
Practical guides to sending files, chatting privately, calling, sharing your screen, working on someone else’s computer and meeting without the cost — all peer to peer, for freelancers, small teams and startups.
Email Attachment Too Large? Five Ways to Send the File Anyway
Most email services stop you at around 20 to 25 MB. Here is why, what the common workarounds cost you, and the quickest way to deliver a big file.
Read the articleUnlimited File Sharing: How to Send Files of Any Size Without Cloud Storage
Cloud storage has quotas, upload queues and subscription tiers. Direct file sharing has none of those. Here is how truly unlimited file sharing works, and how to use it.
Read the articleWeTransfer Alternative With No Size Limit and No Upload Waiting
WeTransfer is simple, but free transfers have a size cap, links expire and every file is uploaded first. Here is how a direct, peer-to-peer alternative changes that.
Read the articleHow to Send a Whole Folder to Someone Online
Folders are awkward to send. You zip them, upload them, wait, share a link and hope it does not expire. Here is a faster way to get a whole set of files to another person.
Read the articleHow to Send Large Files for Free: Ways Compared (Including No Size Limit)
Email stops at a few megabytes, cloud links expire, and chat apps compress your files. Here is a plain comparison of the ways to send a big file, and when each one makes sense.
Read the articleShare Video Files Without Compression or Quality Loss
Messaging apps shrink videos until they look soft and blocky. Here is how to send the original file, at full quality, even when it is many gigabytes.
Read the articleSend Files Between Two Computers on the Same Network, Fast
Two computers in the same room should not need the internet to swap a file. Here is how to send files over your own network at full local speed, without shared folders or USB sticks.
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