DHK  I've just been using FileChute for several days. Previously I had used a web based service Yousendit.com, and then "graduated" to the file sharing of MobileMe. Filechute surpasses these because the file is in your control. At the yousendit site it was only around for a few days. At MobileMe it is given an arcane filename you have to send to recipients. Also, since it wasn't MY email that was sending the letter I was never quite sure whether the recipient got it. With filechute using my own email system I have more control over the message, as it remains in my sent folder.

That said the program is ridiculously simple to use. Drag a file to the "chute" on the app panel, and it asks whether you want to send the file straight, or zipped. I had already used the publishers zip program YemuZip to zip up files before I uploaded them to the web, so this just cuts out that step. I then get a web link from FileChute. I double click on the link, and I'm put into Mail, writing an email that already contains the link to the file.

There's even an iPhone app so you can see what's still on your Filechute folder.

Good product. Get it.  
(Version 4.2.2)

PURPLENIGHT  i've been using Filechute for a couple of years and it helped me send big files to my clients in a zap! unfortunately, my Mac G4 totally won't switch on and i lost all serial numbers to load Filechute into my MB Pro. after writing to Yellowmug Support team, Jay Teo replied promptly and gave me assistance. now, i'm running my Filechute again! Thank you, Jay!!!

helene garcia, singapore  
(Version 4.2)

SCOTT KOUE  First a short qualifier, I have only used this for a few days and I bought it on a MacUpdate discount. I have Transmit and it's pretty easy to make droplets that do almost everything Drop Chute does so I was a bit skeptical about how much I needed Drop Chute. Well actually I don't "need" it. Transmit's droplets do the transfer and it's not a big deal to archive an item before you post it, and it doesn't usually take too much work to figure out the path to the file. But I have forgotten to zip a folder and that is a bit of a pain, and you have to create a droplet for each place you want to FTP stuff to (with Transmit) and sometimes it is difficult to figure out convoluted paths to files. It's not a big deal but Drop Chute is a simpler solution. And a lot of people are a bit stymied by FTP so something like Transmit may not be something they have. I found having one place to drop files and be able to send them anywhere AND having the compression as a built in function was a very convenient work flow. I still use Transmit and I will probably also set up droplets from time to time but for most situations Drop Chute is a better choice and that's what I will be using. The app has been solid for the short time I've used it and the price was very good. Would I still buy it at twice the price? Maybe, if I did not have Transmit's droplets the answer would be absolutely.

If you don't have a droplet FTP app this is a Great app to have, if you need to deal with .MAC this is a great app to have. But even if you have Transmit (or some other FTP client that can create droplets) Drop Chute is a good app to have.

* note on file paths. Drop Chute attempts to create the path from what you enter setting up the account but with my site this didn't work because the folder I was sending things to was not in my domain. So it's not so much that Drop Chute magically finds the path but that the path can be set for the account and from then on it will generate correct paths to files. This is very convenient. I used to keep a bunch of text snippets around with the paths, and then add the file name.  
(Version 4.2)

CATINTHEHAT93  Do the simple setup, upload the files, then select the files in FileChute and it automatically shows you the URL of the file in a window on top of the app's screen. Drag them en masse to the email program. Done.

What a time saver! I love this app!  
(Version 4.2)

RAMBO4  Great application. This has made it so easy for me to send files back and forth between work and home when deadlines are approaching. One less thing I have to noodle with when time is at a premium.

Well worth the price.  
(Version 4.2)

MAGPUBLISHER  FileChute has been a staple utility in our publishing business for more than 3 years. Simple to use and does exactly what it is designed to do. The short URL allows for a secure access to our server with asking the clients to jump through hoops.  
(Version 4.2)

FONTANITUM  As most of Yellow Mug Software apps, FileChute is effective, simple and elegant.   
(Version 4.2)

TOMDOHERTY  My congratulations to the developer for continued improvements to a brilliant little app.  
(Version 4.2)

NATHANIEL DAVIS  Great piece of software - a real time saver   
(Version 4.1.2)

MACMEND.COM  I like things that do what they say on the tin...filechute was once like that but it relys on an url shortener that has changed its API and although it works for some, there are many it is still giving problems for.

Filechute has been updated but still is giving problems on short urls with no real explaination  
(Version 4.1.1)