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And here I was under the impression that using USB storage for anything else than installing operating systems was a thing of the past.
Out of curiosity, what do you use to transfer files between computers?
SCP or a share on a NAS, personally.
Not everyone can afford a NAS
You dont need a Nas to transfer files over your local network
But where do you store them? My computer isn't big enough for videos. Thats where cheap USB drives come-in
HDDs are cheap.
Not as cheap as USB drives
What does that have to do with the question I replied to?
You can pick up old PCs for free-$50 that'll suffice for a nas.
Maybe you can, but most people don't have the money or the time. Check your privilege.
Personally, most stuff is in cloud storage. For local stuff I use syncthing.
But for the average person, I'd expect using iCloud, Google Drive, Onedrive, or Dropbox and then creating a shareable link for the other person.
I also can't remember the last time I used a USB drive for anything other than installing an OS.
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SMB (NAS), Syncthing, FileBrowser, snapdrop.net, email and sometimes public cloud services...
Syncthing and LocalSend.
Syncthing is used if it is not a one time transfer. LocalSend is mainly for one time transfer. LocalSend needs things to be in the same network. The same WiFi router is enough. Syncthing can send files over the internet also.
There are browser based alternatives like ShareDrop . These tools are not as reliable as Syncthing and LocalSend, especially when it comes to single large files (more than a few GBs), like ISOs.
For one time transfer over the internet, another handy tool is Croc . This one also suffers from the large file related issues.
Localsend
sftp.
If I want to quickly share something from my phone, I use NGINX in Termux with autoindex enabled.
No need for anything else than browser on client-side.
Actually, on Play store there's also a simple GUI app called "Simple HTTP server", but NGINX feels fancier.
Just a tip if you want to try this:
By default, error logs are kept. One source of errors is interface suddenly disappearing (i.e. your phone got disconnected from network). This error will be logged as quickly as it can be.
What happened (when this occurred)? I found my phone stuck in bootloop. The error log filled internal storage to the last byte causing Android system to crash and unable to reboot, which it tried again, again, again,... Bootloop. I just found my pocket suddenly feeling unreasonably hot.
In my case, forcing it into recovery, turning it off from there and retrying boot up freed 17MB from somewhere, allowing the phone to boot up.
Alternative to that would be a hard reset.
Sounds crazy, but any app could fill the internal storage like that.
Ventoy is very useful for diagnostics too
And rEFInd, GParted Live... SystemRescueCd.
NVMe in a USB enclosure makes a pretty rad backup target a couple of times a week. The whole job is over and done in <2 minutes.
Yes, that's true but I'm no longer doing that. Everything sync to the NAS using Syncthing that in turn is set with file versioning and weekly snapshots.
All the time, right now copying 400 MB onto one as an eBook Calibre library backup.
Wut. Its where I store photos and videos
That's not a good practice as USBs aren't designed for long term storage. Maybe build some sort of NAS.
Lol any kind of flash storage suffers from degradation over time, it doesn't matter whether you attach a computer to it or not
That's why you do not use flash drives. They are the worst of the worst.