If it is a one time transfer, plug them both into a PC ,set USB as file transfer then copy the folders over
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Yep, second this. 🚀
This looks very promising, thanks! I'll be sure to give it a try!
Syncthing
Windows - Synctrayzor
Linux - Syncthing
Android - Syncthing-Fork
iOS - Möbius
Local Send. I got it from Techno Tim recommends.
I've been making copyparty, and one of the initial inspirations/usecases was exactly this one -- bunch of internet-friends meeting in meatspace for some event, and needing to stream across pics/vids before we split up and maybe never meet again :-)
You can run the server on android using termux; see the instructions in the readme for the installation part, and then run the server like so: copyparty -e2ds --qr -v /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/from-family/::w
it will show a QR-code which you can scan from the other device to start uploading, and the folder is shared write-only (:w instead of :rw), so nobody can download anything. And it keeps track of which files have already been transferred, so the client will skip across dupes without reuploading them, and also resume interrupted uploads automatically.
Tried sending 340 photos (1.21 GiB) from an old iPhone to an android hotspot just now; I turned off the iPhone screen as soon as it started sending, and it finished in 41 seconds, so around 30 MiB/s? Maybe there are faster alternatives... But my javascript should be fairly resilient and recover from network glitches and such, so uploading from safari like this should be fine.
Oh wow, neat program, and great job with the documentation! I'll comb through it when I get back to my desk. Thanks for the suggestion and for the excellent program!
That looks like a fantastic project! Thanks for the effort
Syncthing ?
Syncthing.
Syncthing!
I've looked into Syncthing before but ruled it out due to lack of iOS support. Is that no longer the case?
There's now a fully open source ios app in beta: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/beta-test-my-new-ios-app-for-syncthing/22457
I think Möbius Sync might work to get syncthing working for iOS.
Yup! I use Mobius on iOS to sync everything I want, including random one off file transfers, but mostly to keep my Keepass database and Obsidian vault in sync across devices. It works really well, despite apple making it super difficult to run consistently in the background. As long as you open the app every so often, it’s seamless and reliable.
Neat! That's great news, I'll be sure to try it! Thanks!
I’m using Sushitrain/Synctrain on TestFlight. No issues so far
I think going through testflight might be too much of a barrier, but I'll look into it, thanks!
KDE Connect might work. I've never tried it phone-to-phone, but it works great between PC, Steam Deck, and phone, as long as they are on the same network.
Everything is the same network if u have taikscale
How many files? I transferred a few hundred photos from my mom's iphone to android with a lightning cable+usb-c adapter between phones. I've used localsend for the occasional file since then.
600 or so every few months.
It's not FOSS but take a look at Photosync:
Oh cool, I forgot about this app! Can it send only select photos, or is it all of them?
So you want a lot of files, but not ALL the files? Is this one-time or ongoing?
It might be easier for them to use Apple's tools like icloud, and then send you a share link for you to download. I assume icloud has some kind of "share album" function.
Its about 600 or so every few months. I'll have to look into iCloud ,but that could work. Thanks!