Slipping a thumb drive in the (snail) mail

MacUser_Since_1986 · Member Joined: 18 Jan 2012 Posts: 55

I have a silly, but suddenly very important question to ask: has anyone ever sent a thumb drive in the U.S. Mail to someone several states away? I shot a large number of photos using my SLR on a recent historic trip for members of my home town, and I saved the photos as both JPEGs and DNGs (a high-quality uncompressed file format). The DNGs are way too large to e-mail. I was thinking about sending them via snail mail. This begs questions: (1: how do I package a thumb drive for the mail so it arrives unharmed, and (2: what kind of packages will work for that specific kind of tiny shape?

Y-Guy · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:52 am Post subject:

Wrap in bubble wrap or get a pre-bubbled wrapped (padded) envelope (as small as possible) and mail it. Should be fine. Make sure you have the files on your HD until all checks out with the recipient.

macmanmacman · Veteran Member Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1679

I wouldn't recommend mailing a thumb stick they might think your a nasty person sending illegal stuff through i would burn it onto a dvd

billb · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:40 am Post subject: DMG my Photo's

Why don't you try compressing them
into a DMG (Disk Image) and eMailing
the DMG?

I did that for a video I had shot that was
to big to eMail and it worked great.

You have nothing to lose but a little time
and a lot to gain.

Their are several free App's that create
DMG's on a Mac just Google it give it a try.
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zedtvl · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject:

I got one in a bubble wrap through the USPS snail mail form a know internet store...
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pwfletcher · Member Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 85

I had one get absolutely crushed ...
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Bandit Bill · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:27 pm Post subject:

Apple has no issue mailing them.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1696721

zedtvl · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:03 pm Post subject:

I just did it and mail bubble wrap in a regular envelope the thumb drive I had to send is not worth more trouble....
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