I Found The Easiest Way To Transfer Files To And From My Linux Pc - And It's So Fast

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• QuickDAV is simply a user-friendly app to stock files and folders.
• QuickDAV allows you to upload, download, and negociate files remotely.
• QuickDAV is free to instal and usage connected immoderate Linux distribution.

I activity pinch aggregate machines passim my home, and I often person to move files to and from those machines. I typically usage Samba for this, but sometimes, I conscionable request to beryllium capable to quickly stock a directory without having to instal and configure Samba.

When I'm successful a hurry, I move to a very easy app called QuickDAV.

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Essentially, QuickDAV starts an on-the-fly WebDAV server, truthful you tin upload, download, and negociate files connected your distant machine. QuickDAV is incredibly elemental and tin beryllium utilized correct retired of nan box, pinch zero configuration. There are immoderate settings you tin alteration (such arsenic nan guidelines folder, group nan username and password, and group nan files to publication only), but that's really astir it. You don't moreover person to group a username and password, arsenic QuickDAV defaults to nan quickdav personification and a randomly generated password. 

Once you commencement utilizing QuickDAV, you'll find it indispensable for easy record transfers from immoderate OS to Linux.

Let maine show you really to get this app up and running.

Installing QuickDAV

What you'll need: To make this work, you'll request immoderate Linux desktop distribution that supports Flatpak, and different machine (or phone) connected your location network.

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Using QuickDAV

When you unfastened nan app, you'll beryllium presented pinch nan pursuing information:

• The WebDAV reside - nan IP reside of nan hosting instrumentality and larboard 8888.
• Username - nan username you'll usage to log into QuickDAV.
• Password - nan randomly generated password.

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You tin alteration nan username and password successful nan Settings section.

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Once nan QuickDAV work is moving (it starts arsenic soon arsenic nan app is opened), spell to different instrumentality connected your LAN and type nan WebDAV address. You will past beryllium prompted for nan username and password. Type those 2 bits of information, and you'll find yourself successful nan QuickDAV files that has been automatically configured (which will beryllium your user's location directory).

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At nan bottommost of nan page, you'll find nan upload section, wherever you tin upload immoderate type of record you want. You tin besides copy/move, rename, and delete files from nan Actions file (far right). If you want to download a file, click connected nan record name, right-click nan file, and prime Save Image As. You tin besides simply right-click (or two-finger tap) a record and past prime "Save contented as…" (or immoderate nan balanced is connected your OS) to prevention a file.

You'll find this conception astatine nan bottommost of nan QuickDAV webpage.

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At nan bottommost of nan page, you'll find nan record guidance section, wherever you tin copy, move, aliases unselect a selected file, create a caller directory, and upload a record to nan existent directory.

Configuring QuickDAV

I recovered QuickDAV runs conscionable good retired of nan box, but you mightiness request to tweak nan default configuration. To do that, spell to nan QuickDAV model and prime nan Folders tab. In this window, you tin adhd folders to beryllium shared.

You cannot delete nan guidelines files (your location folder).

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You tin past click connected nan Config tab, wherever you tin alteration nan authentication credentials and nan default port, and enable/disable Self-Signed TLS Encryption, Password Required, and Read Only.  

I would propose changing nan username and password astatine a minimum.

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And that's nan gist of utilizing QuickDAV. When you're finished, you tin either adjacent nan exertion aliases time off it unfastened and click Stop Server from nan Dash tab.

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