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Quick Start to Downloads
We have released a new version of our web server for file downloads, Big Download, which has some performance enhancements. Starting downloads should now be 60% to 95% faster. Downloads could previously take .3 to 3 seconds to start. They should now start almost instantly after clicking ‘Click here to start download’ link. In the…
Read MoreMy Files Page Performance Upgrades
Hi all, Just another quick update to let everyone know about some performance upgrades we’ve just rolled out for the My Files page. While all of the updates are behind the scenes, most users should see a performance increase of 60% to 75% and in some cases up to 30 times faster. Thanks again for…
Read MoreImage System Updates Completed
Hi all, Just a quick update regarding the image system and our newly supported image formats. All images site-wide should be back to normal including any images now supported by the new system. We now support all jpg, png, png 24/32, ico, tff, pcx, bmp, and gif images and any previously uploaded images of those…
Read MoreImage System Updates and PNG Image Support
Hi everyone, Last night we rolled out a new update to our image hosting system and it may be causing some of your images to display a “file not found” or “image servers offline” error message. I just wanted to post a quick note to reassure everyone that all your files are still there and…
Read MoreImages Display Faster Too
Hey all, The same updates that fired up (pun intended) your download links have also been applied to the image servers. All images hosted on MediaFire should now display nearly instantaneously making your galleries, embedded images, and direct image-links all much more snappy. Here’s a few sample images hosted in my account: Admittedly, I’m not…
Read MoreDownloads Now Launch Even Faster
Hi everyone, We just rolled out a big update today and your downloads should launch faster than ever. The update involves the systems behind the scenes that handle your download requests. It’s transparent to the user except for the extra short time between clicking the link and your file downloading. So what does this mean…
Read MoreDDoS Attack on MediaFire Servers
Hi everyone, Just a quick update on our status. Starting Saturday April 25th at 12:00pm CST MediaFire came under attack by a large Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that denied services for some customers. The DDoS attack is utilizing over 40,000 70,000* separate computers continuously sending valid requests to MediaFire’s servers in an attempt…
Read MoreFiles in Multiple Folders
Hi everyone, Quick update to the site. By popular demand you can now upload the same file into multiple folders. This feature allows you to create duplicate files across your folders just in case you want to send a different set of files to different people. To upload a file into more than one folder,…
Read MoreFlash Player Update and Fixed Copy Links
Hi everyone, Quick update to let you all know that a recent update to Adobe’s Flash player rendered many of the copy and paste links across the site unusable. We’ve fixed the problem and all copy links should now be working again for you. We’ve been busy adding capacity to the network to accomidate MediaFire’s…
Read MorePerformance Updates
In the past few months the popularity of MediaFire has increased significantly and with it we’ve encountered many performance challenges along the way. Recently we’ve focused our efforts on significantly optimizing the general performance of all components of the site in order to serve this increased demand as efficiently as possible. Over the past few…
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