[LINK] SkyDrive and/or Live Sync?

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Sun Mar 14 15:27:43 AEDT 2010


Hmmm... I have tried dropbox.  Mainly because someone wanted to send  
me some files.  You can synchronise between Windows, Mac and Linux.   
You can encrypt the files.  You can share with other people with a  
bunch of permissions.  It's free for a few gigs.  You can turn it on  
and off.

On 2010/Mar/14, at 1:10 AM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> Anybody have any good/bad experiences with Windows SkyDrive or Live  
> Sync?
>
> --
> Microsoft’s Free Sync Service
>
> by David Pogue  http://www.nytimes.com  March 11, 2010, 3:42 pm
>
> <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/microsofts-free-sync-service/?
> src=me&ref=technology>
>
>
> Last week, I wrote about an underpublicized gem in Microsoft’s Windows
> Live suite of free online and offline services and programs: SkyDrive.
>
> It’s a free, 25-gigabyte virtual hard drive on the Internet,  
> accessible
> from any computer.
>
> My readers gently pointed out that I managed to miss an equally
> spectacular feature: Windows Live Sync.
>
> It’s another very good, very free Windows Live service, for Mac and
> Windows, that everyone should know about.
>
> The problem: you have a work machine and a home machine. Or a  
> desktop PC
> and a laptop that’s frequently out of the house. Or a family. Or a  
> small
> business.
>
> In any case, you find yourself having to copy certain important files
> back and forth after each trip: when you return home with your laptop,
> when you get to the office after doing work at home over the  
> weekend, and
> so on.
>
> The solution: Windows Live Sync. You designate one folder on  
> Computer A,
> and another folder on Computer B. Then Sync keeps them synced with  
> each
> other, magically, over the Internet, with no effort on your part. Add,
> change, or delete a file on your laptop; you’ll find it added,  
> changed,
> or deleted on your desktop. Edit some chapters or spreadsheets on your
> Mac at home; you’ll find them edited the same way at work.
>
> There are plenty of services like this online-SugarSync, for example- 
> but
> they’re not free. I’d venture that they’re not even as simple.
>
> Here’s how to set it up. Suppose, in this example, that you have a  
> PC at
> work and a Mac at home. Suppose, furthermore, that you’ve already  
> signed
> up for a free Windows Live account (www.live.com).
>
> On each computer, visit https://sync.live.com/clientdownload.aspx.
> Download and install the little Live Sync app. It puts a tiny Sync  
> icon
> on your menu bar (Mac) or system tray (PC).
>
> Now sit at the PC and sign into the Sync Web site (http://sync.live.com 
> ).
> Click “Create a personal folder.” Navigate to the folder on your hard
> drive that you want to sync; select it by opening it, right there on  
> the
> Sync Web page, and then clicking “Sync folder here.” (You can also  
> create
> a new folder at this point.)
>
> You’re shown a list of the computers on which you’ve installed the  
> Sync
> program (and that are turned on and online). Click the one you want  
> this
> folder to sync with, and then, on the “Select a folder” screen,  
> specify
> which folder on the Mac you want synced with the PC folder you chose.
> Finally, choose either Automatic or On-demand synchronization, and  
> click
> Finish.
>
> And that is all. When you add, change, or delete anything in a synced
> folder on one machine, it’s automatically updated on the other, over  
> the
> Internet. It’s totally great for keeping the latest versions of
> everything accessible at all times. And it has a lot of fans among my
> readers.
>
> As a handy side effect, Live Sync lets you grab files from any of your
> computers, from the Web site, even from folders you haven’t set up for
> syncing. Left the Smithers presentation at the office, and now  
> you’re on-
> site at the client’s place? No problem. You’re covered.
>
> You can also make certain folders available to family members and
> coworkers, making the whole thing even more useful.
>
> The fine print: You can synchronize up to 20 folders, each  
> containing up
> to 20,000 files, max. Files can’t be larger than 4 gigabytes each.  
> Files
> can be synced with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Macs.
>
> Microsoft recommends that you don’t sync your Outlook mail stash,  
> because
> it’s an enormous file that’s constantly changing.
>
> This, by the way, isn’t even the end of the story. The next-generation
> Microsoft free sycning software is called Windows Live Mesh. It’s  
> roughly
> the same idea, but it’s even more powerful and complicated. It  
> creates a
> Web-based “desktop” with 5 gigabytes of storage-and your Macs, PCs,
> smartphones, and even authorized friends can sync up to it.
>
> Details are at www.mesh.com
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen
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