Dropbox is a very useful service for sending and receiving larger files, but not everyone who might want to send you a file will have an account, or wants to have to set one up just to send that one file. That’s where AirDropper comes in; it’s a simple app that lets you request a file by email. The recipient then hits a link in the email to upload their file using the AirDropper website; the file will be saved in your Dropbox account.
After you’ve authenticated AirDroppper to use with your Dropbox account, you simply fill out the details for the file request email (your email address, their email address, and the details of the file that you’re requesting) and also specify what folder the file will be saved to in your Dropbox account. The recipient will then be sent an email containing a secure link; they simply click that link to visit the AirDropper site, where they can upload their file through a simple web interface:
The file will then be automatically saved into the folder you specified when sending the email.
AirDropper’s main advantage over other large file transfer methods is that it makes it really easy for the sender of the file. They don’t need to sign up to any services or use any complicated procedures.
AirDropper is currently in beta and is free to use (it also requires a Dropbox account; a 2Gb account is free).
Let us know what you think of AirDropper in the comments.
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