A WeTransfer link is a delivery, not a home. On a free account the link stops working after a few days, and the files are deleted from WeTransfer’s servers. If it’s a wedding film, a client’s photos or a family album, you’ll want your own copy before that happens.

What you need

The WeTransfer link. It’s either a short we.tl/t-… link or a long wetransfer.com/downloads/… link from an email.
Klenod on your Mac, with a library unlocked.

Steps

Open Cloud folders in the sidebar.
Paste the link and choose Open folder. If the sender uploaded folders, you’ll see the same folders.
Preview before you keep anything. Videos play straight away, and nothing is saved yet.
Select what to keep, pick a folder in your library under Save to, and choose Back up selected.

Klenod downloads each file, checks that its size and every byte range match what WeTransfer served, and encrypts it into your library. If the connection drops, the backup picks up where it left off.

Good to know

Do it before the expiry date. Once WeTransfer deletes a transfer, nobody can get the files back from the link, Klenod included.
Password-protected transfers (a WeTransfer paid feature) can’t be opened in Klenod yet.
WeTransfer doesn’t publish checksums. Klenod checks sizes and ranges, which catches broken or truncated downloads, but it can’t prove the file is exactly what the sender uploaded.
WeTransfer sees the request. It learns your network address when you open the link, as it would in a browser.

Once a file is in your library, it doesn’t depend on WeTransfer anymore. It opens offline, and you can share it onward with an encrypted link of your own.

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