Installing the Podmailing software is the best way to download the files you receive thanks to the Podmailing service. It is mandatory in order to send your own large files and folders. This page presents a walkthrough of the Podmailing installation process for Windows and for MacOS X.

Install Podmailing on Windows

Video of Podmailing installation on Windows

To install Podmailing on Windows, either watch our video walkthrough or read the tutorial below.

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Tutorial for Podmailing installation on Windows

  1. On the Podmailing download page, click on the following button: "Free download for Windows". It will download the installer named "Podmailing_Setup_x_y_z.exe" (x_y_z indicates the version number of Podmailing).
  2. Your browser may display a download window such as:
  3. Standard Download Window - click Run

    You can either click the "Run" button or click the "Save" Button and then open the installer "Podmailing_Setup_x_y_z.exe".

  4. Once you launch the installer, your computer might display a security warning message, to make sure that you intended to download and run Podmailing, click again on the "Run" button:
  5. Standard download warning - click Run
  6. The user license of Podmailing is displayed. You must read it entirely and click on the "I Agree" button to continue:
  7. Read the Podmailing license agreement
  8. The installer proposes to install Podmailing in the standard path:
  9. Install Podmailing in the standard path
  10. Installation success: you can choose to Start Podmailing immediately:
  11. Podmailing was installed successfully

    If you already have a BitTorrent client installed, Podmailing also proposes to take over .torrent files to download them too.

Well done, you are now ready to use Podmailing!

You could, for instance:

  • Try one of our download samples, i.e. gorgeous HD videos
  • Follow our tutorials to send or receive a podmail, that is a file or a folder or any size delivered by our service

If you have any question visit our FAQ (frequently asked questions). If you don't find the answer you were looking for, come and ask us in the forum.

Install Podmailing on MacOS X

  1. On the Podmailing download page, click on the following button: "Free download for MacOS X". It will download the installer named "Podmailing_x_y_z.dmg" (x_y_z indicates the version number of Podmailing).
  2. Open the installer "Podmailing_x_y_z.dmg".
  3. The user license of Podmailing is displayed. You must read it entirely and click on the "Agree" button to continue:
  4. Read the Podmailing license agreement
  5. The installer opens up on the desktop in the form of a virtual disk with a white icon named "Podmailing":
  6. The Podmailing installer is mounted as a virtual disk
  7. Click on the disk "Podmailing" in order to open the Podmailing window:
  8. Podmailing installer window
  9. Drag and drop the Podmailing icon on your "Applications" folder or on the "Applications" shortcut displayed in the installer. N.B.: do not double-click on the Podmailing icon directly in the installer window.
  10. You can then eject the virtual disk of the installer and launch Podmailing from your Applications folder.

Well done, you are now ready to use Podmailing!

You could, for instance:

  • Try one of our download samples, i.e. gorgeous HD videos
  • Follow our tutorials to send or receive a podmail, that is a file or a folder or any size delivered by our service

If you have any question visit our FAQ (frequently asked questions). If you don't find the answer you were looking for, come and ask us in the forum.

Tip: we recommend you to keep Podmailing in your dock. When you have a large file or folder that you want to send, you can just drag and drop it onto the Podmailing icon in the dock and a Podmail is automatically created for you!