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September 18, 2006

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DropCopy is like a wormhole for file transfers

Posted Sep. 18, ’06, 8:40 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software

DropCopyWhen it comes to finding new, cool software, I have to admit that I find myself at a disadvantage. Between Derik and our colleagues over at big bro Macworld, I can rarely find something truly new. So don’t get your hopes up.

Take DropCopy, for example. Our buddy Dan Frakes reviewed it in his Mac Gems weblog earlier this year. I’d used it some time ago, while it was still in beta, but not long after, I’d gone back to having only one computer, so it was hardly a crucial app to have running. When I got my MacBook, I didn’t even bother installing it.

The idea is simple. How do you get files back and forth between two computers? Sure, you could mount the drive remotely, using the Finder’s “Connect to Server” functionality, but it’s time consuming, requiring you to enter your username and password, and you have to navigate through the hierarchy to figure out where to put your files.

DropCopy is an app that you run on all of your computers that allows for quick, easy file transfers. A little “black hole” appears on your desktop (see above). Drop a file into it and you’ll be asked which other instance of DropCopy you want to send it to. And zoom the file magically appears on the other machine. DropCopy also lets you send text messages to other machines and share clipboards. All of which are super handy in a multiple machine environment like my “office.” Think of it as a wormhole, only, you know, without the “your file could end up anywhere in the universe” aspect.


1 Comments

Craig said:

I used Drop Copy all the time at home for my Macbook and Mac Mini.

But now that I'm back to school I can't link the two machines.

Is it the school proxies? School's wireless? Any ideas?

September 18, 2006 9:20 AM

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