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I have an app(an iphone game of about 35MB) that is in the beta testing stage. It has gotten too big to send as an email attachment and so I need a better way to distribute it.

I don't have a good website set up so I was thinking about just distributing it with Dropbox, but then it looks like that will mean they all have to sign up for drop box first.

What is a good way to distribute a build to beta testers?

Jamvert
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  • Builds of what? Without a lot more information about what you are trying to accomplish no one can help you here. – bmargulies Mar 23 '11 at 01:04
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    Do you need "a good website" in order to make a file publicly accessible? Why not just put the file up there and give your beta testers a URL? – johnsyweb Mar 23 '11 at 01:14
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    You can use the public folder of dropbox and just fire out a link...doesn't require the user to have dropbox installed. Just share the public link to the file with people. – ses011 Mar 23 '11 at 01:36
  • It's a build of an iphone app(game) that's about 35MB. I will add that too the question. By "good website" I mean the only website I have right now is one for another iPhone game and it is all done with the automatic stuff the host gives not HTML so I don't know how to add that to it. Thought I suppose I could just set up a new website to put the link on. – Jamvert Mar 23 '11 at 01:59
  • @Spacemoses, oh cool, I didn't know there was a public folder option for drop box, I might just use that. – Jamvert Mar 23 '11 at 02:05

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If it is open source then you can look into http://github.com

Closed source alternative - http://bettercodes.org

They are both a bit more involved than just mirroring your files, as they both handle version control - but that is probably worth doing in the long run for managing your code during development.

Billy Moon
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You could use something like TransferBigFiles.com or its equivalent. You upload the package and the site sends an email with the download link. The link has an expiration date and can also be passworded.

Mark Hall
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  • That looks like a good way to do it. Though, now that I see I can also use the public folder in dropbox I might use it instead. – Jamvert Mar 23 '11 at 04:01