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AirDrop is a proprietary wireless ad hoc service in Apple Inc.'s iOS, macOS, iPadOS and visionOS operating systems, introduced in Mac OS X Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) and iOS 7, [1] which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication. [1]
Many of the features of Transmit 4 take advantage of technologies Apple introduced in OS X 10.4, such as uploading using a Dashboard widget or the Dock, support for .Mac and iDisk/WebDAV, FTP/WebDAV/S3 servers as disks in Finder (since v4.0), Spotlight, Droplets, Amazon S3 support and Automator plugins.
On March 31, 2023, the beta version of the Nearby Share App was released for Windows PCs allowing cross-platform file transfers. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In January 2024, Google and Samsung announced that Nearby Share and Quick Share would merge into one unified app, under the name Quick Share.
A file transfer protocol is a convention that describes how to transfer files between two computing endpoints. As well as the stream of bits from a file stored as a single unit in a file system, some may also send relevant metadata such as the filename, file size and timestamp – and even file-system permissions and file attributes. Some examples:
FreeFileSync is a program used for file synchronization.It is available on Windows, Linux and macOS.The project is backed by donations. Donors get access to a Donation Edition that contains a few additional features such as an auto-updater, parallel sync, portable version, and silent installation. [2]
Also several third-party file transfer applications are available for Mac OS X v10.5 and later: Android File Transfer is a simple MTP client. [28] Android File Transfer For Linux (and Mac OS X), Open Source, License GPL Version 3, Graphical UI, Command line tool, FUSE wrapper - mounting your device, [29] OpenMTP - Open Source MTP client.
In the case of iPod file managers, this takes place between an iPod and a computer or vice versa. iTunes is the official iPod managing software, but 3rd parties have created alternatives to work around restrictions in the program, or for those avoiding known issues with iTunes.
Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. [1]