How to Transfer Big Files Over the Internet

Sending Large Files

Trying to find out how to transfer big files online? Gmail and Yahoo have a 25MB restriction, but don’t panic; there is another method to transmit your work without hitting an error notice.

Have you ever tried to transfer big files to someone, only for your mail provider to inform you that it’s too big? It’s an annoying but frequent issue. Most email systems and software limit the size of file attachments. For example, Gmail and Yahoo restrict the size of connected files to 25MB, so the 100MB movie isn’t getting through. But email is not your sole option; numerous independent file-transfer providers like DropSend can take on the task.

How Can DropSend Help You Send Large Files?

The DropSend file transfer service enables you to write an email to your recipient and attach the file you wish to send. Your receiver gets an email with a link to the file for viewing or downloading.

How Much Is It To Use DropSend?

DropSend provides three personal options, all needing a paid membership.

For $5 a month, the Basic plan offers you 10GB of online storage with up to 25 sends a month. For $9 a month, the Standard plan provides 25GB of storage with as many as 50 sends a month with additional extra features. The $19-a-month Professional subscription offers you 25GB of storage with an unlimited number of sends per month and a variety of additional capabilities.

What Type Of Files Can I Send?

You can safely transfer big files such as movies, pictures, and large documents with a simple few clicks. DropSend makes it simple and secure whether you’re sharing your newest vacation videos to your family and friends or providing important business papers. When your files are too large for an email, DropSend offers the powerful answer you need. Now, there are no limits on your file size with our quick, easy and secure platform. There’s no software to install, and the receiver doesn’t even need a DropSend account to view the data.

Why Use DropShare to transfer big files?

Most well-known email providers will only enable you to transmit 20-25 megabyte files via email. To put this into perspective, one raw picture file is 20 gigabytes. Only one! A PowerPoint file with numerous pictures may be over 30 gigabytes. Some print-ready PDF files may even come in at over 20 gigabytes. This makes it impossible to transfer data back and forth unless you are compressing your files to lower quality. And what if you need to transfer big files? Purely over email, it’s impossible.

With DropShare, there are no limits on file transfer. Suppose you are working on a lengthy report with your remote team. It’s full of pictures, graphs, and tables that can only be produced in a hefty desktop program, and you need to get access to the file from your colleague to contribute your part of the job. Unfortunately, the file is too large to transmit via email, so you decide to utilize your DropSend account. All you would be required to do is give your colleague a DropShare link and have them submit the report into DropSend. From there, you may download the report, make any comments, edit your section, and simply submit the report back into DropSend. Your colleague will be able to use the same URL to view the updated version of the file at any time so that you can keep track of every single modification.


x

Helpful Links

Sending Files

Learn more about sending files with DropSend here

Learn more

Downloading Files

Information, tips, and tricks about downloading files

Learn more

Online Storage

Information and tips on using your online storage

Learn more

General Questions

Other Common FAQs

Learn more

Subscriptions & Billing

Payment info, account upgrades and downgrades

Learn more

Sharing Files & Folders

Learn how to share files and folders

Learn more