You can “attach” files to emails stored on your Drive account just by clicking the Google Drive logo in the email composition window. If you already have a Gmail account, you can’t beat the simplicity of Drive, as it’s effectively built right into the email service. It even has backup and syncing options, which are useful features to have. Google Drive offers up to 15GB of free storage and allows you to share large files, such as pictures and video, in just a few clicks. Google Drive Image used with permission by copyright holder We won’t get into specifics on how to use each program, but will instead provide brief descriptions to help you find a service that suits your needs. Thanks to cloud computing, zillions of these types of services exist, so we’ve selected some of the best ones for you.īelow you’ll find a quick list of our current favorites, all of which offer plenty of storage space, security, and sharing features.
The best and most popular option for transferring large files is to upload them to an online storage service where your desired recipient can download them. We recommend using 7-Zip for this, as this open-source file archivist is one of the best currently available. If you’re transferring music files or videos, we suggest using RAR compression instead of ZIP because it uses a better compression algorithm that generally cuts down on data loss and file corruption. Two-finger click / Control + click on the file