{"id":42678,"date":"2013-06-05T15:19:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T13:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=42678"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:23:57","slug":"pipe-brings-file-sharing-to-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pipe-brings-file-sharing-to-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipe brings file sharing to Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to <strong>share files<\/strong> with your friends on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>? Pipe is a Facebook app that lets you do just that, with any type of file up to 1GB.<\/p>\n<p>Pipe has a simple <strong>drag-and-drop interface<\/strong> that looks like a big Mario-style pipe. You choose a friend, then drag and drop your file into the pipe. The file is then uploaded, and stored securely in a locker for your friend if they are not online. If your friend does not have the Pipe app in Facebook, they will receive an invite with the file transfer notification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42680\" title=\"Pipe App for Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/PAPE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/PAPE.png 740w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/PAPE-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pipe works by creating a direct <strong>peer-to-peer connection<\/strong> between you and your friend&#8217;s computers when you&#8217;re both online, or uses the locker if not. The locker only holds files up to 100mb, so you can only send bigger files when you are both online.<\/p>\n<p>Pipe is still quite a basic service, and while it is very simple, it lacks the great cloud storage features of <a href=\"http:\/\/dropbox.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DropBox<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft-skydrive.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkyDrive<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/google-drive.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can try Pipe with your Facebook account by <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/pipeapp\/?tryout\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to share files with your friends on Facebook? Pipe is a Facebook app that lets you do just that, with any type of file up to 1GB. Pipe has a simple drag-and-drop interface that looks like a big Mario-style pipe. You choose a friend, then drag and drop your file into the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pipe-brings-file-sharing-to-facebook\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pipe brings file sharing to Facebook&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2353],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-42678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacebook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332821,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42678\/revisions\/332821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42678"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=42678"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=42678"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=42678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}