File sharing
How to collect event photos from guests with one link
Collect photos and videos from wedding, party or conference guests through one upload link: no app, no account, full quality, and nobody sees anyone else's.
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Maya L.
Product Manager, dosya.dev team. 18 guides.
File sharing
How to hand off a video project to another editor
A video project handoff checklist: media, proxies, project files, fonts, music and notes, packaged so the next editor can open the timeline without gaps.
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Storage
Cloud storage for video editors: what to keep local
Footage, proxies, project files and exports each belong somewhere different. A storage plan for video editors that keeps editing fast and archives safe.
6 min read
File sharing
How to collect logo files from clients: SVG, PNG and more
Which logo formats to ask for, why a screenshot of a logo is not a logo, and how to collect brand assets from clients in one go with an upload link.
6 min read
Guides
How to download files straight to the cloud, not your laptop
A 40 GB dataset does not need to visit your laptop on its way to storage. How remote downloads pull a URL server-side while you close the lid.
4 min read
Privacy
Data residency: does it matter where your files live?
Sometimes it is law, sometimes latency, often neither. Which reasons for caring where your files are stored are real, and what to ask a provider.
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Guides
Checksums explained: how to verify a downloaded file
A checksum is a fingerprint for file contents. How to compute one on every platform, and when verifying is worth the thirty seconds it costs.
4 min read
Privacy
Encryption in transit vs at rest vs end-to-end
Three phrases that appear on every provider's site and describe three different protections. What each one covers, and how to decide what you need.
4 min read
Storage
Dropbox alternatives for people who outgrew the free plan
Whether it was the three-device cap, the price per terabyte or a sync conflict too many, here is how to compare the alternatives properly.
4 min read
Guides
What is WebDAV and when is it the right choice?
A 1999 protocol that still mounts cloud storage as a folder on almost anything. What WebDAV does well, and when S3 or SFTP is the better fit.
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Guides
Automatic phone photo backup, explained
Your backup settings decide what happens when the phone is lost. Here is how automatic backup works and the five settings that actually matter.
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Security
What a file audit log should actually record
Most audit logs answer the easy questions and go quiet on the ones that matter during an incident. Here is what a genuinely useful trail contains.
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