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- Setup X-plore File Manager on Android to transfer files to an SMB share
4 min read
I've wrote before about file managers for Android before, recently I found X-plore which makes it very easy to transfer files back and forth between Android and SMB network shares, once you understand how the UI works. Here's to connect X-plore to an SMB network share so you can transfer files between devices.
- Quick guide to setting up SMB shares
3 min read
Setting up SMB shares is fairly easy, but I do it so infrequently I often forget the steps and need to look them up anyway. So I made myself two sets of smb config files for quickly setting up shares, either public or with a login required.
- Set up PhotoSync app to backup photos from your phone to an SMB share on your home server
3 min read
Google Photos began limiting free storage back in 2021, limiting you to 15 GB of storage when uploading photos in their original size uncompressed. Rather than wait and see if I hit the cap, I decided to try replacing Google Photos with a self-hosted solution. Here's how I did it.
- How to use Solid Explorer app to access SMB network shares from an Android device
5 min read
There are many File Managers/File Explorers on the Google Play Store, but I wanted to easily access the Samba share on my server while on my home network. Solid Explorer is the solution I went with and it works well, so here is a quick guide to setting it up.
- Setup a Samba share on Linux via command line
5 min read
A quick and dirty guide on how to easily set up a Samba share on Linux that can be accessed from Windows PCs on the same network.