Edgely

Mac ⇄ Windows E2E Encrypted Generous free tier

Edgely Transfer AirDrop, but between your Mac and your Windows PC

Setting up an SMB share or syncing an iCloud folder to a PC is fragile, and it stops working the day the network changes. Edgely Transfer gives a Mac and a Windows machine the same drag and drop transfer, on the network they already share, encrypted with TLS 1.3 and with nothing in the middle.

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  • macOS 12+
  • Windows 10+

Both desktop apps ship today: a signed, notarized DMG for macOS, and an MSIX package or a Setup.exe installer for Windows 10 and 11. Sending and receiving files is free on every tier, on as many machines as you own.
File explorer Local files on one side, the paired device on the other, with breadcrumbs on both.

What you can transfer
macOS → Windows 11
Photos and exported PDFs to the work PC, with no cable.
Windows 10 → MacBook
Captures and documents from the office machine to the laptop.
macOS → Windows and Android
Send the same file to the PC and to a phone, one after the other.

How it works

  1. Install on both machines

    A signed DMG for macOS, and an MSIX package or a Setup.exe installer for Windows. Both come from the downloads page.

  2. Pair, by QR code or on screen

    On the same network each machine discovers the other and shows it on the Device Ring. Confirm the pairing on both sides; the same code is shown on each screen so you can compare it.

  3. Drop the files

    Drag them onto the device on the ring, or open the dual pane explorer and move them from there. Transfers are direct, so speed is your network, not an upload and a download.

Frequently asked questions
Do I have to open a Windows share or a firewall port by hand?

No share is involved. Edgely Transfer listens on TCP 53317 for transfers and announces itself on UDP 53418, and its installer registers the app with the Windows firewall. There is nothing to mount and no credentials to type.

Is the transfer encrypted end to end?

Yes. Every transfer runs over TLS 1.3 between the two devices, each with a certificate it generated itself and pinned to the other when you paired them. Nothing goes through an Edgely server, so there is no relay and no cloud copy to decrypt, and every file that arrives is checked against its SHA-256 before it takes its real name.

Do I need an account?

No. Pair the two devices once, by scanning the QR code or by accepting the request on both screens, and they keep working together with no account and no internet connection. An account is only needed to activate a paid licence.

What is free, and what is paid?

Sending and receiving files is free on every tier, on as many devices as you like, and the mobile app is free in full. Pro, 9 euros a year, adds downloads and uploads inside another device’s shared folders, transfer history older than seven days, and resuming an interrupted transfer where it stopped. It is also included in Edgely Guard and in the Edgely Suite.

How large can a file be?

One transfer can carry up to 10 GB, and a transfer that stalls for 60 seconds is dropped so the sockets are freed. On the free tier an interrupted transfer starts again from the beginning; with Pro it picks up from the last byte the receiver verified, even after the app has been restarted.

Ready to send?

Download Edgely Transfer on every device you use, pair them once, and forget the email-to-yourself trick exists.

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