LocalSend
Send files between any two devices on the same Wi-Fi.
Instead of AirDrop, Google Quick Share
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LocalSend does one job: getting a file from your phone to your laptop, or from your laptop to a friend's, whatever mix of operating systems happens to be in the room. Transfers go device to device over your own network with encryption, so nothing passes through a company server and there is nothing to sign up for.
It is about as close to a hand tool as software gets. The only thing keeping it from a perfect score is that both devices have to share a network, which is a small price for a tool that asks nothing else of you.