On the Windows side of the story, all you need is the Quick Share app installed once and forget it exists. Once installed, Quick Share runs a lightweight background process that doesn't slow your PC ...

Nearby Share is Google's new AirDrop clone you can use to share files between your Android phone and Windows computer. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes ...

Unveiled back in 2020, Google's Nearby Share provided a way for people to share files between different Android devices. Now, the company is enhancing the feature to include Windows in the mix. In a ...

File Sharing is among the most important features of a Windows OS. It helps to share files between different systems connected under the same Local area network (LAN). However, some users have ...

Google announced its plans to bring Nearby Share—its AirDrop competitor—to Windows at CES 2022. It’s been a year since, and the company has released the Nearby Share app, as promised, on Windows.

Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?

Those who run Windows 11 may want to install the latest update to snag some helpful new features. Kicked off on Tuesday, this week's update from Microsoft, dubbed KB5041587, adds a new way to share ...

There are three different ways using which you can change the encryption level for file sharing connections on your Windows 11/10 computer. These are: Advanced sharing settings Using the Settings app ...

If you have to work on both a Windows PC and a Mac, you probably have to transfer files between the two. Here's how to set up file sharing so you can view select folders on the other desktop over your ...