LocalSend. Share files between all devices on your home network. Free and Open Source.

[usonian]

I rediscovered this today. I've been bonkers busy reorganizing for the new year, reading books, taking notes ...
I have been using all Apple gear lately, so no need for cross-platform stuff recently. (though airdrop gives me grief at times. Spare you the details)

Windows, Linux, Android, MacOS, ios.

This ought to work!! Free, And on the Apple App store, it's optional donation-ware.

So, try it if you like. Gripes to the developer, not me! But I really hope it helps you move files around without going outside your home, where who knows what goes on.

https://localsend.org/

Help blog
https://github.com/localsend/localsend/discussions/categories/discussion-english-international

Github
https://github.com/localsend/localsend

Caveat: It looks like the app needs to be running on devices you want to share files with (it doesn't run in the background) They won't show. Where do files go? You can change the download directory on a mac, and files go to a LocalSend folder in Files app on ios. Others? Left to reader.

I previously bought PhotoSync to share photos across all systems, including friends using windows.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Meh. Requires OSX 11.0 or later. Not for those repelled by Apple's "upgrade incontinence". nt

[usonian]

2. 11 is pretty old. The app store says 12. I brought intel systems up to Mojave 10.14 Reason below.

There was Mojave 10.14, the last MacOS to run 32-bit apps. IIRC
I told a friend not to upgrade past this if he wanted his old 32-bit apps to run.
Catalina 10.15 put an end to that.
Then came 11, the new number scheme.
I take Ventura, MacOS 13 to be a landmark, due to support of many ios apps on Apple Silicon.

And yes, upgrades piss me off. Even Ventura made many changes (especially in finder changes and settings, which Apple scrambled, running counter to years of experience). So, a damn lot of help articles are just wrong. And who sets a date range on search every time?

Gripes to github.

[Tasmanian Devil]

3. Old versions are available on github

I doubt very much if localsend really needs the latest macOS features. If you're interested, post what OS version you're running and I'll poke at github a little and see if I can find a compatible (older) version you can download.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. I already checked, thanks. All need 11. nt