Hola!
So, I needed to use my own pictures in my last post. I used my phone to take the pictures. I’m currently using an iPhone 6S. To transfer pictures (original size) from my phone to desktop, I’d usually email them to myself and then retrieve them from my email on the desktop computer.
For the last post, I took more than 10 pictures and of course, Gmail or any other email provider won’t let you send files greater than 25Mb. At least, that’s what I know.
I couldn’t be bothered to sync my pictures through Dropbox. Too much of a hassle in my humble opinion.
When I chat with my parents and siblings, if I can, I’d use WhatsApp, the desktop version. Typing Creole (mother tongue of Mauritians) on your phone with autocorrect is a nightmare. I think nowadays, everyone on WhatsApp is using the WhatsApp group in one way or another.
Like a genius that I’m not, I had this crazy idea of creating a WhatsApp group with myself as sole participant. That would allow me to send pictures to the group and then retrieve them on the desktop!
What I did:
- Create a WhatsApp group
- Add one member – it’s a prerequisite for creating a group.
- Once the group was created, I removed the member added in step 2
- Send pictures to the group you created. You can send any types of documents via WhatsApp if I’m not mistaken.
- Go to the web-version of WhatsApp and save the pictures
Et voilà!
I don’t know if anybody else uses this trick but if it’s of any help to you let me know in the comments!
Thank you for reading!
The Momster Daily 