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DropCopy: Share Files and Clipboards Across Your Network
The apparently unexciting circle on the right is the main interface for DropCopy, a very cool little application for sending files between computers on your local network. First of all you need to install DropCopy on all the Macs on your LAN. When it is running, this little circle appears on your desktop and when you drag a file to it, a list of destinations (i.e. the other machines running DropCopy) will pop up. You choose the one you want and the file will "warp" to the other machine, no fuss, no muss. In addition to copying files you can also retrieve the clipboard contents of other machines running DropCopy (e.g. you can copy something to the clipboard on one machine, turn to another machine, retrieve it and paste it). I've found DropCopy to be the easiest and fastest way for sending a couple of files between machines on my home network (though you may have to open port 5052 on your firewall).DropCopy is donationware on networks with 3 or fewer Macs, and $25 for larger networks. It's definitely a convenient time saver.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MacUser said 3:33PM on 1-23-2007
So much for "Portal" on My Dream App.
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Keith said 6:40PM on 1-23-2007
If you can see the screen of the other computer, the coolest way to copy files (or share your clipboard) is with teleport.
http://
It is true drag & drop across machines.
Great for controlling that mini connected to your HD TV from your laptop. (if your that lucky :-)
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Keith said 6:41PM on 1-23-2007
oops. forgot the link.
http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=Tips/teleport/teleport.html
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Andy Smith said 5:36PM on 1-24-2007
Where DropCopy really shines is when you have a laptop that moves between various networks.I can move between work and home and never have to mount the other computers; they just show up in DropCopy.
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Harbinger said 11:30PM on 1-24-2007
Keith,
I'd seen a teleport-like tool on the pc but didn't realize there was a Mac version, VERY cool.
Now I can use ARD for when I'm traveling, and Teleport for when I'm at home. Sweeet.
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