If you're on the same network, make sure you both have Personal File Sharing on (accessible via the Sharing preference pane) and also AppleTalk on (accessible via the Network preference pane). Then press command-K while in Finder (or go to the Go menu and choose Connect To Server) and find his computer. You can connect to it and put stuff in his drop box.
3 Gigs is a lot for even broadband. I'd suggest burning it to a dvd if you have a superdrive. If you don't, and you need to tranfser it over the internet, I'd find a nice speedy T1 or T3 connection. You might want to try a local higher-education school. You're brother will probably be able to download 150-200K/sec, so you'll need a fast upload connection. Be prepared to leave your computer on overnight though, even at 200K/sec, it'll still take a while.
Much faster to burn it to a dvd and shit it overnight via UPS or something.
Stupid question: Why couldn't he just have his brother download it from his computer? That way he doesn't run into slow upload speeds...
I think you did miss something, JYD. His brother *is* downloading the file from his computer. Remember:
Computer B downloads from Computer A
is the same as saying
Computer A uploads to Computer B.
It's the same connection. The problem is just that A's upstream pipe is so tiny.
My recommendation? Burn to some CDs and actually deliver it to him. It's gonna take days at those speed to send it over the network. FTPing it won't make it go any faster either. I guess you just mentioned that because it would break the need to send over iChat, yes?
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how closely connected are your two machines?
not on the same LAN.
I'm in LA, he's in SF
now I'm trying KDX , but the stream is only @ 5kbps! :X
any other suggestions? this is gonna take forever!
he's on cable = attbi
Originally posted by badtz
i'm on dsl = earthlink [which might be contracted thru sbc?]
he's on cable = attbi
i wouldn't doubt that earthlink is contracted through SBC... they're such pigs...
regardless, most any residential DSL will only give you 10-15K upload. no matter how fast the connection on the other side, you'll only ever get that.
might as well burn a DVD and run over to the LAX post office to catch the 11:00 next day delivery deadline. heh.
hell, driving it up to san fran would be faster
errr........
i thought the upload bandwidth was higher than this.
:X
guessed wrong.
i get great download speed, and that's all the typical customer ever deals with.
You could also use scp, a secure copying utility, if you're confident about using the terminal.
3rd fastest way burn to DVD
2nd fastest way take our ur internal HD and put it in the other computer
1nd fastest way put on external FW HD
Originally posted by ast3r3x
1nd fastest way put on external FW HD
Eh, got stuck in the "nd" way of numbering, eh?
Much faster to burn it to a dvd and shit it overnight via UPS or something.
Robert
i would like to set up an ftp server, but there's no good ftp server progs. for osx. [crush bites, imo]
& setting up one in preferences requires you to set up a new "user" on your computer, which I'd prefer not to do also.
I guess either tolerate the ultra-slow uploading, or send via snail mail :X
Originally posted by rbrugman
Much faster to burn it to a dvd and shit it overnight via UPS or something.
Robert
Not sure about you but shiting anything over UPS isn't going to look nice on the other side
Frank_t
Isn't this possible via OS X file sharing? Couldn't his brother simply log on to his computer knowing the ip, name and password?
I must be missing something.
Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg
Stupid question: Why couldn't he just have his brother download it from his computer? That way he doesn't run into slow upload speeds...
I think you did miss something, JYD.
Computer B downloads from Computer A
is the same as saying
Computer A uploads to Computer B.
It's the same connection. The problem is just that A's upstream pipe is so tiny.
My recommendation? Burn to some CDs and actually deliver it to him. It's gonna take days at those speed to send it over the network. FTPing it won't make it go any faster either. I guess you just mentioned that because it would break the need to send over iChat, yes?
[~]bwsmith% man split
SPLIT(1) System General Commands Manual SPLIT(1)
NAME
split - split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split [-b byte_count[k|m]] [-l line_count] [file [name]]
DESCRIPTION
The split utility reads the given file (or standard input if no file is
specified) and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each.
The options are as follows:
-b Create smaller files byte_count bytes in length. If ``k'' is
appended to the number, the file is split into byte_count kilo-
byte pieces. If ``m'' is appended to the number, the file is
split into byte_count megabyte pieces.
-l Create smaller files n lines in length.
If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name of
the input file which is to be split. If a second additional argument is
specified, it is used as a prefix for the names of the files into which
the file is split. In this case, each file into which the file is split
is named by the prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix in the
range of ``aa-zz''.
If the name argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically
ordered files named in the range of ``xaa-zzz''.
BUGS
For historical reasons, if you specify name, split can only create 676
separate files. The default naming convention allows 2028 separate
files.
HISTORY
A split command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
BSD April 16, 1994 BSD