Magnolia Design+Communications

Dec

8

Ho, Ho, Homigosh!

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I cannot believe it is already December. It is crazy how quickly this year has gone by. I’m disappointed that I didn’t get more blogging done, but thems the breaks. I hope all of you–clients, friends and readers–have a happy and safe holiday.

As any designer knows, sometimes you work with some pretty big files. Moving those files back and forth between clients, designers and printers can be a real chore. At Magnolia Design, we have our own FTP site for clients and vendors so they can upload and download large files. But… sometimes, people aren’t comfortable with FTP or it doesn’t work as easily as we’d all like. That’s why I love DropSend.

DropSend allows you to not only upload large files, but then lets you send the recipient an e-mail with the details on how to retrieve that file, even if they don’t have a DropSend account. What’s even more awesome is that you (the sender) can even see if your file has been picked up. You can upload files through their UI or grab their upload client, available for Windows and Macs.

DropSend is the product of Carsonified, formerly Carson Systems, and it’s not the first product to serve this purpose, but it’s one of the better ones in my view. They have a bunch of price plans (hey, they’re running a business ya know), but they also have a free plan. So if you don’t expect to use it much or if you just use it in emergencies where FTP is too complicated, then DropSend is a gawd-send!

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