You can save files permanently if you need to.ĭeskConnect's functionality goes beyond just file transfer, though. Transferred files and clipboard contents appear in a dashboard in the iOS app files are kept for 30 days. The data transfer is encrypted, though DropConnect stops short of saying how. My tests were with much smaller files - typically only a few megs a piece.
The software can save bookmarklets to send web sites to other devices from within Safari and Chrome (Firefox is still a work in progress).ĭeskConnect's developers have put a 100 megabyte cap on file transfer sizes, but warn that the servers "may not be able to wait long enough for a device to finish uploading a file of that large of a size," so your mileage may vary. You can send text files, images, videos, web page links, documents and other content between machines. You don't need a direct device-to-device connection over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth in order for files to transfer you just need an active Internet connection. The app isn't optimized for iPads yet, though it works in 2x mode (the developers say an Pad version is a top priority). The OS X menu item enables you to send files and the contents of your Mac's clipboard to any of your iOS devices that are configured with the software. Once installed, DeskConnect exists as a menu item in OS X and as an app on iOS devices.