Online collaboration, sending large files back and forth

[Disarm D'arcy]

Hey guys,

A friend of mine turned me onto this new service for sending large files via the internet. Why I think it rocks:

• it's free
• it's fast, it's P2P as long as your buddy has the app installed
• file size is unlimited, which is kinda awesome because artsy stuff gets heavy
• the process is simple, unlike the equally fast but insanely painful bittorrent sync
• there's also a simple way to put a file online and get a sharing link
• it's French: it has a bad body odor but is great in bed

https://infinit.io

[cedarskies]

woah, hey there unlimited file size. sweet! thanks

[Disarm D'arcy]

It's only unlimited through the P2P fil sharing. The free account only has 1GB of cloud.

[D.o.S.]

Very cool. Thanks for the link!

[AxAxSxS]

better than dropbox?

[Disarm D'arcy]

I'd say so. When we first started with my bandmate in Etherealness a few years ago we used Dropbox. It was fine but the uploading and downloading speed were garbage (from 50kbps to a 100kbps in a good day...).

Then we went to BitTorrent Sync. Painful process but high speed and unlimited file size. Then they switched to a freemium pricing model and the free version was not enough for us.

We then settled on Google Drive because we both had an account and that's what we were using with a friend we sometimes we work with. I guess we were also kind of tired of switching and having to work this stuff out. With Google we had more space than on Dropbox, it works alright, the speed is not as lame as Dropbox's and the iOS apps are cool.

I think we might keep using Google Drive for the files we want to keep shared and in sync between us, long term stuff. Infinit is probably a lot more convenient for sending .wav and heavy stuff like that back and forth. Stuff that once we have download we don't have much use for it. We usually have to erase and reupload the new version on Drive afterwards anyway and the process takes forever and the sharing new stuff is not as simple.

[oscillofuzz]

Any of you also use WeTransfer? Up to 2GB for free, no installation required. Uploading can take a lil long but downloading is fast (only limited by your connection). File is stored for about 2 weeks and then is deleted automatically. My bandmates and I use it for larger files such as recordings/videos, in conjunction with Dropbox for sheet music/tabs etc.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Gaïz. This app is still awesome, and they now offer a referral system. Sign up with my link and get free space too: infinit.me/disarmdarcy

[culturejam]

There are a lot of people on Fiverr who will jack up your DropBox account limit (through referral bonuses) to about 20GB. Mine is sitting at just under 22GB. Totally worth it for $5.

[Thylacine Dream]

Gaïz. This app is still awesome, and they now offer a referral system. Sign up with my link and get free space too: infinit.me/disarmdarcy

Done! I'm confused, though, cos it seems like I didn't get my 500MB extra space. And though it says unlimited file size for transfer on even the basic accounts, mine says 10GB limit.