*Use a free application to send email attachments of up to 1 gigabyte.*
When you want to share a digital video or other large file with your friends and family, I recommend using MediaFire, which lets you store and share files of up to 100 megabytes.
That's enough capacity for a short home video or a vacation picture slideshow. But what if you want to share a *really* big file, like an entire movie (a public domain one, of course, so you don't run afoul of copyright laws) or a PowerPoint presentation? That's where a service like Pando (pando.com) comes in handy. You can use it to send files and folders of up to one gigabyte. (If, for some reason, Pando's one gigabyte-per-email limitation cramps your style, you can buy the pro version for $24.95 and share files of up to 3 gigabytes.)
You might wonder why I don't recommend using Pando for *all* your file sharing needs, instead of using MediaFire (for files up to 100 megabytes) and Pando (for files over 100 megabytes)? Because, unlike MediaFire, Pando requires that you download an application to use the service.
The Pando application is about 16 megabytes, and you must use it to share files. And because Pando saves files in a special file format, the recipient also needs to download and install Pando. So, Pando is slightly more inconvenient than MediaFire. But it's not really a big deal. First of all, Pando is free. And when you email someone a Pando file for the first time, they'll also get a message that says "You'll need Pando to open this attachment. Get Pando free here," with a link in the email to download the Pando application.
Once they've got it installed and they register their name and email address, they'll never have to worry about it when they get Pando files in the future.
I used Pando to send my 15-year-old nephew selected movies from the Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack, a collection of 50 old horror movies that are in the public domain on 12 DVDs. (I know his mother is thrilled that I've sent him movies with titles like Doomed to Die, Monster from a Prehistoric Planet, Bloodlust, and Attack of the Giant Leeches.) I just dragged the movie files into the Pando application, entered my nephew's email address and clicked Pando's Send button. (Because the copyright on these movies has expired, it's perfectly legal to send them to anyone.)
If you have a blog, you can also use Pando to share files with your readers. Select the file you want to share, and Padno will generate a snippet of HTML code to insert on your page. Your readers can click the link to download the file.
