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I am able to setup a link with another laptop (Win 7) and even able to send files (surprisingly around 3-4 MBps). But I am not able to locate where exactly the files are getting stored in my Ubuntu 12.04. Is there anyway where I can setup the default folders for it.

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Deepak Behera
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They are in /home/username/Public (in Ubuntu 13.04).

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Prasanna Muthuraman
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Ubuntu 14.04:

If you configure Bluetooth file transfer using the "Personal file sharing" settings (gnome-file-share-properties), your files will be located at your Downloads folder.

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That Brazilian Guy
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    after that, it said the file was received, but I couldnt find it anywhere. After a find, it was placed at "~/.cache/obexd" at 16.04, whatamess.. – Aquarius Power Jun 07 '17 at 03:34
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    For me it is in ~/.cache/obexd as well, even after making the modifications suggested in this thread. How the hell are we expected to know to look there lol. – Julian Cienfuegos Oct 01 '17 at 02:01
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You can open a terminal and do:

find ~ -name *filename or part of it*

~ means it'll search from /home, -name because you want to find a filename.

If you don't sudo you'll get a few permission denied (find couldn't access in read to check for filename) but that doesn't matter.

For me (using blueman on Ubuntu 18) they ended up in /home/anonymous/.cache/obexd/20200130_223605.jpg

Not sure who's the genius who thought this would be a good default....

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Yes search for "Personal File Sharing Preferences" in Applications from the Dash.

You'll get a menu of options and you can change Downloads as the primary folder to which files are bluetoothed to.

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Normally files are saved in your /Home Folder check it out.

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To find Bluetooth inbox files, just type the name of the file you sent to your Linux computer in the terminal / command line like this: find ~ -type f -name "nameOfTheFile.txt"

You should be able to see something like this. ./.cache/obexd/nameofthefile.txt

This is the location where Bluetooth files are landing on Kali/Debian Linux, so from explorer just type in the following target. ~/.cache/obexd/

If you don´t like this location, change it by right clicking on the Bluetooth icon and going to Local Services>Transfer>Incoming Folder and changing it to the desired location.

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  • Searching for exact file name might be misleading. I just noticed, that an image sent from mobile phone was renamed to some random letters, even without extension. – qba-dev Jan 25 '23 at 15:57
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For me it was in /home/Public but if you already installed "Blueman applet" on you system, you can easily change the folder using its "Local Services" option

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Any version of ubuntu just select File System in explorer and search public folder see your transferred files there then select make link and shift to desktop

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