Sharing
A link to a cloud file for 24 hours — the recipient downloads without signing in. Or the file itself, from a phone or a computer.
You can share a video in two ways: send a temporary link to a file in the cloud (Pro) or the file itself from the device (on Free too). On your own other devices the file is visible anyway — in the cloud.
A link to a cloud file
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, Safari, and the cabinet on the site · Plan: Pro
Every file in the cloud has Share a link.
- Press Share a link on the file — while the link is being created, you see that work is in progress.
- Send the link:
- On a phone, the system Share sheet opens: it has both copying and apps.
- On a Mac, you see the link and until when it works, Copy the link and Send….
- In the extension and in the cabinet, you see the link, “Available until …”, Copy the link and Send… — if the browser has a system share sheet; if not, there is no Send… button.
The link works for 24 hours. The recipient opens it, sees the file and downloads it without signing in and without a Video Tracker account. After 24 hours the link shows “The link has expired”: “Links work for 24 hours. Ask for a new one.”
Links expire on purpose: Video Tracker is not a file-hosting service. Need it again — create a new link.
On Free, Share a link shows “This needs Pro.” and Buy Pro (where Pro can be bought).
The file itself from the device
Where: Mac and Android · Plan: Free and Pro
If the file is only on the device, Share sends the file itself — through the system share sheet, to any app. If the file is both on the device and in the cloud, you choose: Share the file or Share a link.
A browser extension cannot send the file itself: the browser does not let it send a file from its downloads. There you share a link to the cloud file only.