Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?

That’s why I end up preferring SMB most of the time, especially in mixed environments where I’m juggling Windows, macOS, and ...

Google announced its plans to bring Nearby Share—its AirDrop competitor—to Windows at CES 2022. It’s been a year since, and the company has released the Nearby Share app, as promised, on Windows.

Nearby sharing is a useful feature that was carried over from Windows 10 to Windows 11. It allows you to easily transfer files and items between different Windows PCs, like laptops or desktops. This ...

Transferring files between PCs can feel laborious, especially when you have only just a few small ones to deal with. A lot of people still hunt for a USB drive to put the documents on—or upload them ...

Whether you use Android or iOS, you have lots of options to beam data to and from your PC without much effort. We live in a multi-device world. At a minimum, you almost certainly have both a computer ...

It's about to get much easier to send files between an iPhone and a Windows PC. Thanks to an update currently in beta, people split between tech ecosystems will soon have the option to seamlessly ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the 2025 Windows security updates are causing connection issues to Server Message Block (SMB) v1 shares.

TL;DR: Microsoft aims to enhance file sharing between iPhone and Windows devices through Phone Link, creating a seamless connection. There is a distinct annoying difficulty in getting files off an iOS ...