I'm sure I'm not the only one doing this but here's a handy tip to save some time.

[White Rabbit]

Not sure how everyone manages there file transfers from laptop to desktop, I use to drag everything oner to a hard drive the load it on to the desk top. This takes ages.

I came up with what I thought was a rather ingenious (even if I say so myself lol) method of automating the whole process as well as backing up the data at the same time.

I have a drop box account and have the the app installed on the laptop and the desktop and I get my imaging software to deposit the images into my Dropbox sync folder and viola, they magically appear on my desktop ready for processing.

Anyone can do this as I think Dropbox give away a free 2 gig storage space for free, no strings attached.
It works really well.

[RB (Andrew)]

Yep I've been using Dropbox for a few years now and it's so handy.
It's saved me a few times too, having recovered files.
I've got it on all my devices.

You can get up to 18GB free.

[White Rabbit]

Yeah, I've had 100 gig for a couple of years now but never thought about using it to transfer my imaging data instantly to my desktop. I could have kicked myself for not thinking about it sooner lol.

[rogerco (Roger)]

Apart from the fact that you have to have internet access so this wouldn't work in dark sites such as Lostock You also chew up your internet data transfer allowance.

I much prefer a USB disk drive, then you are ready to process where ever you have that and these days they are not much bigger than a mobile phone.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

I just connect them all to my LAN - either wired or wireless - and move the files to my NAS. 11TB of RAID5 sure beats 1.5TB on one lappie and 500GB on the other.

[adman (Adam)]

Originally Posted by rogerco

You also chew up your internet data transfer allowance.

Dropbox will sync via your LAN between PCs on the same network. No Internet usage required....

[rogerco (Roger)]

Perhaps we are talking about different things, I thought you were referring to "Dropbox" the internet "cloud" storage service.

[White Rabbit]

I was, and it will sync over LAN as well as over the net. Look in the preferences, it is enabled by default.

[rogerco (Roger)]

I will, thanks

[Jon (Jonathan)]

Of course, if you remotely control our laptop from your desktop, the software (I use TeamViewer) gives a direct file transfer option. For that matter, if you have shared the directories, and the computers are on the same network, you can just use Windiws Explorer.