What method do you use to send a link from smartphone to laptop?

I run a bookmark server at home, where I keep all of my bookmarks so I can access them from any machine.

Any links I want to share between machines, I put on the bookmark server.

I like Firefox Sync- this allows sending links to any of my devices. I find it particularly useful when I find a site if interest in my phone and want to look at it on my desktop later. Occasionally I’ll use email or message myself via Element/Matrix.

Like you I use email or if the link is sensitive I connect to my uMurmur instance and send myself a private message.

chat with myself on telegram. they call it Saved messages.

Apple ecosystem: shared clipboard.

Copy on phone paste on laptop and vice versa. Between any of my iOS / MacOS devices.

You can airdrop now if the phone is an iPhone and the laptop is a MacBook of some sort.

I also am a sucker for notes, I use the native apple notes, but this probably works for any syncing note client

- Just add the link in notes - Open notes on laptop - Link is there

the chrome browser's history is synced among devices.

Airdrop and shared clipboard in the Apple ecosystem is pretty magical imo.

For the reverse (computer -> phone) I use a browser extension called "The QR Code Extension." Click it and it displays a QR code to the current URL you just point your phone's camera at.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-qr-code-extens...

I use Chrome, Windows 10, Android, ChromeOS

I rarely have a use case to go smartphone -> computer. I would have to think up something anew. Perhaps I could use a bookmark for it.

Chrome used to offer "Send to My Devices" which was tempting, but never ever worked.

Lately, if I want to send from a computer to my smartphone, I'll use Chrome's QR creator and use the phone camera for it. The main reason I want to send a link there is so that I can MMS it to a friend. I don't typically link up my phone to the computer, but when I do, I could just directly use the Messages app instead.

Sometimes I want to send a link to work. I usually email it to myself. But I also maintain a shared Drive folder where I could place files or add a link to a Sheet.

I use email.

I'm generally very defensive on any new apps, tooling, extensions, etc. Emailing a link only takes 5 seconds and I don't need to optimize it any further.

I also don't use bookmarks, or save anything for later, so maybe I'm just a heathen.

AirDrop for instant open. And a 1-click "email myself" shortcut if I want to open it later, or just save it in general.

I use theJoin app and extension.

Telegram has a chat called "saved messages", it creates a private saved chat for you, to which you can forward links, pictures etc

I use that, surprisingly handy

Chrome tab sync if on non-apple devices, the native mac <-> phone (don't know know the name, handoff?) feature if on apple devices i own, airdrop if the handoff feature isn't working or on devices I don't own. Whatsapp, email or qr code otherwise, whichever is most convenient at the time

snapdrop

https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop

KDE Connect. It can share links, files, clipboard, and much more. I use it with both Windows and Linux (from an Android) and I love it.

Chrome "send to your devices"

via: long press > share link > send to devices

you can also use "add to reading list/pane" which is a very underused feature

Due to ergonomics, I just airdrop it to my mac—easier to click a link than to copy it. From mac to iphone, I copy-paste (universal clipboard)