HACKER Q&A
📣 rememberlenny

What is the best way to pass links between phone/desktop?


I normally email or SMS links to myself, but is there a better way? Ideally I would like to preserve the page location when I share the link.


  👤 8draco8 Accepted Answer ✓
For desktop to phone pass I am using QR Code generator for browser. Just generate the QR Code using some extension and point phone camera at the code.

👤 jlongr
Firefox Sync would probably be suitable.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/sync


👤 psv1
Google Keep or Apple Notes. Sending a message or email to myself feels really weird in a way that's difficult to describe.

👤 juangburgos
Create a whatsapp group and add one person, then inmediatly kick out that person from the group. Then you have a group for just yourself. Call it "links" group.

Use this group to paste links. On the desktop use https://web.whatsapp.com/ to access those links.


👤 gtirloni
In Chrome's address bar you have the "send" icon (or whatever it's called).

👤 stephenr
If you’re on macOS and iOS, either iCloud tabs, or Universal Clipboard would work.

👤 slucha
Chrome has the possibility to send links between devices. Click the address bar beside the bookmark icon and the "send this page" option comes up. Its very handy

👤 h_amg
https://www.pushbullet.com/ far better than using google keep, whatsapp groups or email

👤 antoineMoPa
There should be a universal copy/paste tool across devices. Imagine how useful...

👤 heavyheavy
Add links to Todoist on your phone and have it sync to your desktop Todoist client.

👤 cloudking
Chrome > Menu > Recent Tabs

Pulls tabs from all devices you're signed into


👤 phwak
Take a look at Pushbullet.

👤 raleighm
Drafts by Agile Tortoise for iOS and Mac. Syncs very well.

👤 ta999999171
KDEConnct will be interesting to keep your eye on.

👤 kosmodrom
You can send a message to yourself on messenger. :)

👤 factorialboy
Chrome has a share to device option.

👤 gesman
Google Keep

👤 iDemonix
pastebin.com or similar

👤 u2wger
I use Telegram messenger to share and save links between devices.