Hello and welcome to this latest video from Cloudwards.net. Today, we’re
going to be talking about the best and easiest ways to send large files online. Before
we get to that, though, let me remind you to hit the thumbs up if you liked this
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Sending files over the internet is pretty much one of the easiest things
you can do, as long as the files are small, say twenty megabytes or
less. Just add them as an attachment to an email and you’re done. If
they’re bigger than twenty or twenty-five megs, though, you’re going to run in some
difficulties, and to avoid any frustration we’ve put together this
guide to help you out. Before we go on, let me just point out that if you have
trouble with any of our instructions or just want a bit more detail, I’ve linked our
full, written guide in the description below. I’ve also linked to the reviews of
all services we talk about here, so if watching me talk isn’t your
thing, you know where to go. Getting around the
twenty-five meg cap most email providers put up isn’t possible, so you’re going to have
to use a different way to send that video file to your mom or that
hundred-page PDF to your boss. As messing with USB sticks is just sooo last
decade, we prefer to use the cloud for this kind of
thing, which kind of explains the name of our site. There are several ways to send large
files over the internet, but in this video we’ll go over the three best ones,
simply to save time. The first is the easiest, as long as you use Gmail. Simply go
into the message you want to send, but instead of clicking the paperclip icon,
which is what you’d use for standard attachments, click the Drive
icon instead. This will call up an overview of your drive folder, from where
you can choose which file to upload. Simple as that. If you don’t use Gmail, or
don’t like using Google Drive, you can go for another cloud storage service.
This has as upside that they’re generally a bit more secure. Our three
favorites for sending large files are pCloud,
Sync.com and Tresorit, with the first two being best for casual users as
they offer decently sized free plans. Sync lets you have five gigs for free,
while pCloud gives you up to ten, but keep in mind that there are
extra steps involved to unlock all 10GB. All three are pretty easy to
use, but for this example I’ll use pCloud as it’s just that tiny bit simpler
han the other two. What you do is use the link in the description box
below to sign up, then, once all that is done, go to the main interface. Here
we’re using the web client, but the desktop and mobile apps work much in the
same way. Drag the files from your desktop to the main
nterface, and wait for them to upload. We’re using a relatively small file for
this example, so your upload might take a bit longer. Then, select the file and hit
he “share” button to the right. You’ll get a dropdown menu and in this
case we’ll pretend like our recipient doesn’t have a pCloud account, so we
just pick “share download link.” Enter their email address in the field, and hit
“share” again and that’s it. They’ll be able to simply download the
link whenever they feel like and your job is done here.
Our last option is even easier, though it comes with the downside of capping you
at two gigs per transfer and it’s a bit slow, too. It’s a service
called WeTransfer, which fifteen years ago was pretty much your only option if you
wanted to send a large file. How it works is simple: just go to the site, agree to
the terms of service, then click the plus sign to attach a file. Enter your own
email as well as your recipient’s, add a message if you want, and wait for it to
upload. Once it’s done, you’ll both get a confirmation email. The link is good for
one week, so hopefully your friend or family member checks their email often.
That’s it for our easy options. In the article we discuss a few more
complicated ones that will allow for lossless transfer and the like, so make
sure to check that out if that’s what you’re looking for. We hope this video
helped you out and, if it did, that you like it and subscribe to our
channel. Thanks for watching, and good luck sending
large files!