Help with your
next transfer.
Scan with your phone’s camera and share in its browser. Here is how to connect, send and find what arrived. Official website: https://missilesend.top.
Connect your devices first
MissileSend is being developed for macOS and Windows. Windows is coming later; verified requirements, downloads and licensing will be published when ready. These instructions and the website demo cover the current macOS version. It requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 13 or later. Your phone needs no MissileSend app or developer account.
Connect your Mac and phone to a reachable local network: the same Wi-Fi, a personal hotspot, or Ethernet on your computer and Wi-Fi on the same router for your phone. Current local transfers use HTTP. Use a trusted network and keep active QR codes and share links private.
Guest networks, client isolation, some VPNs and firewalls can block local access. If a connection fails, check both devices’ networks. In the app’s settings, refresh and select an address your phone can reach, then scan the latest code.
Send from Mac to phone
- Open MissileSend and select or drop files into its window. Folders are packaged as ZIP files. Leave enough free storage for file preparation.
- Check the names, count and sizes below the QR code. Expand long names or the full file list when needed. Use the text or clipboard action to share those kinds of content.
- Scan the code with your phone’s camera and open the pickup page in its browser. Enter the 4–8 digit pickup PIN if one was set.
- Choose a file and tap Download, or download the batch as a ZIP. Scanning opens the list; tapping Download starts the transfer.
- Check your browser’s downloads or the system Files app. Once you have verified that the file is saved, return to the pickup page and confirm receipt. Transfer completion and saved confirmation are separate stages.
You can download the same batch again. The code stays after a download or saved confirmation, while the share remains open and the app is running. Revoking the share, replacing the batch or quitting the app ends it.
Send from phone to Mac
- Choose Receive from phone in MissileSend on your Mac to display its receiving code. Set your receiving folder in Settings if needed.
- Scan with your phone and open the page in its system browser. If an in-app browser is in use, follow any guidance to switch to Safari or your system browser.
- Choose photos, videos or files on your phone and begin sending. A one-time receiving code grants upload access only. An ongoing two-way connection needs approval on the computer.
- Keep the page open during the upload. Use its pause, resume or cancel controls, or follow the retry guidance if it fails.
- Wait until the phone page confirms the files were saved on your Mac. The app checks chunks and the complete file, then writes it to the receiving location before marking it saved.
- Open the file on your Mac or reveal its receiving folder. Matching file names are kept separately, with a separate receiving folder for each connection.
Useful everyday details
Files and text
Regular files retain their contents without re-encoding. Folders and batch downloads use ZIP packaging, which does not guarantee a smaller size. Sending clipboard content is a deliberate action; it does not automatically synchronize devices. Received text can be copied directly on your phone.
History and resending
New tasks appear first. Search history, open or reveal files, and resend them. Resending needs the original file to exist and the app to retain read permission. Clearing history does not delete saved files, and history is not a cloud backup.
Sound, motion and walkthroughs
Turn sound off in Settings. Reduced-motion mode preserves clear text status. Skip the first-use walkthrough or replay it later. The app offers 16 interface languages, follows your Mac’s system language by default, and also lets you choose manually.
When a transfer is interrupted
My phone locked or went into the background
Background behavior depends on your phone’s system and browser. Keep the upload page open. When you return, follow its resume or retry guidance. A missile arriving does not by itself prove a file is saved.
Can a download continue?
Downloads support HTTP Range requests; recovery depends on the browser and connection. Phone uploads have explicit pause, resume and retry controls. After an app restart, an unfinished entry may be marked interrupted and prompt you to resend.
The download finished, but I cannot find the file
Check the browser’s download list and your system Files app first. The browser manages where it saves downloads; a completed download does not necessarily put a file in Photos. Verify the result before confirming it on the pickup page.
My network address changed
Check that your Mac and phone can reach each other on the new network. Refresh and select a reachable address in Settings, then scan again. An old code cannot start new downloads after a share is revoked or its batch replaced.
Mac trial, purchases and restore
Start a separate 7-day Mac trial by confirming the free trial product with Apple. It will not automatically charge you or turn into an annual subscription. Reinstalling or restoring purchases does not restart the trial.
To continue, choose an annual plan or lifetime access. An annual plan renews yearly after purchase; manage or cancel renewal in the App Store. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase with no renewal. Buying lifetime access does not automatically cancel an existing annual plan; manage its renewal separately.
Your local App Store shows the final price, currency and purchase confirmation. If a purchase is missing, use the Apple Account that made it and choose Restore purchases in the app. A pending purchase unlocks after Apple confirms it.
Saved files, history and settings remain after access expires. Expiry does not actively stop a transfer already in progress; new transfers need active access. These Apple trial and purchase details apply to the Mac App Store version.
Windows version: release and licensing plans
Windows is not available to download here yet. The following describes the current release plan, not an active checkout or a promise that payment services are live. Final Windows terms and requirements will be published before release; the Apple trial and purchase rules above apply only to macOS.
Read the planned Windows purchase and activation flow
In mainland China, the planned Alipay options are one year of access without automatic renewal, or lifetime access. In other regions, the planned Paddle options are an automatically renewing annual subscription or lifetime access. No MissileSend software account is planned; Paddle checkout requires an email address.
Licence activation and periodic checks are planned to use a SHA-256 device-fingerprint digest, a random installation ID, the app version and payment-order information. The planned offline allowance between checks is up to 30 days, with a recovery code for moving to another computer. A phone-assisted renewal check needs an internet connection on the phone.
Licence checks are separate from local file sharing. Files and clipboard content remain local-network transfers and are not uploaded to the payment or licensing service. Availability and the final process will be stated with the Windows release.
Bring a few clues to support
- Open Settings in MissileSend and find its diagnostic controls.
- Export a diagnostic archive. Inspect it before deciding whether to send it.
- Describe the steps, the problem, when it happened, and your app and system versions.
- Use your own email app to send the description and relevant attachments to the address below.
Diagnostics stay on your Mac unless you choose to send them. Do not attach unrelated private files or unnecessary personal information.