Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?

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Link Sharing in Android 15 on a Samsung device is now part of Quick Share. Link Sharing lets you send a URL to another person (using Android or not) to access a file in the cloud. Once you share the ...

Too often, I hear somebody say they have no need to fumble around with cables and hard drives anymore because all their files are safely in the cloud. Dropbox, Apple iCloud, and Microsoft OneDrive are ...

File servers are at the core of almost all IT infrastructures. File sharing is essential to collaboration and is a vital component of growing volumes of unstructured information. File storage is a key ...

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Although most people have fast internet access nowadays, sending large files and amounts of data remains a problem. This is because free e-mail services such as Outlook.com or Gmail limit the data ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. From time to time, you may need to transfer files between Windows PCs — whether it's to move documents between work computers, share photos ...

Have you ever sent an Excel file to a colleague, only to realize they couldn’t open it because of compatibility issues? Or perhaps you’ve spent hours perfecting a spreadsheet, only to see its ...

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