EasySwitchFile transfer
Drag the file across.
Pick a file up on one computer, drag it off the edge of the screen, and drop it into Finder or Explorer on the other. It's the shortest path between two machines you own.
The short version
EasySwitch moves files between macOS, Windows and Linux computers over your local network. Drag a file off the screen edge and drop it into a folder, an app or a browser upload field on the other machine, or copy and paste it like anything else. Folders and multi-file selections work, transfers stream to disk so size is not a memory problem, and everything is end-to-end encrypted directly between the two computers — nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Drop anywhere
Finder, Explorer, an app, an upload field
Folders too
not just single files
Any size on Pro
10 MB per transfer on the free tier
Across the edge, into a real folder
Drag a file the way you always do. When the cursor crosses onto the other computer, the file comes with it, and when you let go it drops into whatever is under the pointer — a Finder window, an Explorer folder, a browser's upload field, an app that accepts drops. If there's no drop target there, the file lands in your received-files folder instead, so a drag is never lost.
Dragging out works from macOS and Windows. On Linux, dropping into the machine works everywhere, and originating a drag needs an Xorg session.
Or copy and paste, if your hands prefer that
Copy on one machine, paste on the other. Same result, and the same rule applies: the bytes only move when you paste. Received files go to an EasySwitch folder inside Downloads unless you point it somewhere else in Settings.
Big transfers behave
Large files stream to disk rather than being held in memory, with a progress card you can cancel mid-flight and a safety floor on free disk space so a transfer can't fill a drive. Pacing keeps the mouse and keyboard responsive while a transfer runs — the input path is never the thing that gets sacrificed.
- Up to 10 MB per transfer on the free tier
- No size limit on Pro and Business
- Progress and cancellation on both machines
Send from a phone, too
Pro includes a web bridge: turn it on and the app shows a URL, a 6-digit PIN and a QR code. Any phone or browser on the same network can then send files and text to that machine, or pick up files from its received-files folder, with nothing to install on the phone. It is PIN-gated and exposes only that folder.
Questions
Is this faster than a cloud drive?
It's a direct transfer over your own network, so nothing is uploaded to a server and downloaded again. On a wired LAN that is usually much quicker, and it works when the internet is down.
Can I move a whole folder?
Yes. Folders and mixed selections copy, paste and drag like single files.
Where do files land if I drop on the desktop?
Wherever you dropped them. If there is no drop target under the cursor, the file goes to your received-files folder — an EasySwitch folder inside Downloads by default, and configurable in Settings.
Does the file go through your servers?
No. Transfers are direct machine-to-machine over your local network, end-to-end encrypted. There is no upload step and no copy on our side.
Try it on two computers.
Free forever for two machines. No account, no card, no subscription.