If you’re trying to send someone a large file like a video, you’ll find that you
can’t just attach it to an email.
Most email services like Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook.com have a limit of about 25 megabytes
for attachments.
So what if you want to send a file that's much bigger, like more than a gigabyte?
Well in this video I'm going to show you how to send large files by email, using a free
service called WeTransfer.
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Today's question: How do I send a large file to someone by email?
Well a really good way to send large files is with WeTransfer, which is free to use and
lets you send files of up to 2 gigabytes in size. And what's really handy is WeTransfer
let you know when the recipient has opened your file.
It is worth mentioning that there are other ways that might work better for you.
For example, if you're already using cloud storage like Dropbox or OneDrive, you can
right-click on the file and share it with other users that way.
And if you're looking for an easy way to share a video with lots of people, you might want
to upload it to Youtube or Facebook.
But I think if you want a quick and reliable way to send a large file, that's nice and
simple for the person on the receiving end, then you can't do much better than WeTransfer.
Let's take a look at how it works. I've got this video file, it's just a clip I'm going
to use in one of my other tutorials.
Let's just check the size of it. It's 1.08 gigabytes, so it's within the 2 gigabyte limit
on WeTransfer .
I'm going to show you how to send this file by WeTransfer, and I'll show what the other
person needs to do to download the file when they get the email, and I'll show you the
email notification you get when they've downloaded it.
The first thing we need to do is open the WeTransfer website, which is WeTransfer.com
- I've put a link to this in the description.
And you need to agree to the website terms.
And this is the form you use to send your file - it's really simple. At the top you
can add the file or files you want to send, and then you put the email of the person you're
sending it to, then your email address so they know it's from you, and a message from
you.
Then you would click Transfer.
So let's do each of these. I'm going to click up here, and select the video file that's
on my Desktop.
Then I'm going to send it to my email address, but you should put the person you're sending
it to, and I'm going to put it from one of my other email addresses.
And I'm going to type a quick message here.
If you press this little button you have a couple of options here, you don't really need
to go into here, but you can choose to get a link, rather than sending it by email. So
you could then send someone the link by messenger or another app. But I'm going to stick with
sending it by email.
And there are a couple of options here that you can get if you sign up for a pro account.
Normally the email you send is valid for a week, but pro users can remove this time limit.
And you can also add a password to the file if you have a Pro account.
So I'm going to click Transfer, and now the file gets uploaded. I'm not going to make
you wait, so let's fast forward past this part.
You can see you get big adverts in the main part of the web page by the way, and obviously
this helps to fund the free service they are running.
There's our file uploaded, and it just lets you know that the person you sent it to has
7 days to open it.
Now we can close the page.
And let's take a look at the email that the recipient will get.
There's the email from WeTransfer.
Click on it, and we can see the file is going to be deleted in a week. There's the message
I sent. And I'm going to click here to get the file I've been sent.
There's my file.
I can click Download, and Save here.
When it's finished downloading, I can open my Downloads folder, and there's the video
file I've received.
And I just want to show you the email notification you get when someone clicks on a file you
sent them.
It just confirms when they downloaded your files, and it also gives you a link to the
download just in case you need to see your files again.
I mentioned that you get more features with a Pro membership, so I'll just show you this
- but I'm not being paid by WeTransfer to promote their services or anything.
So on the WeTransfer website you can click on Upgrade at the top, and then see what it
gives you - it's basically a larger file limit, and you can store 1 terabyte of files in total,
and you can make the files delete after a month instead of 7 days, or you can make them
last forever if you want.
And you can also password protect your files if you want a bit more security.
And there are a few more features listed here - you can send files to more people, and you
can get more customisation in the emails you send, and there's support if you need it.
So did WeTransfer work for you?
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