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What is windows live sync?

In a nutshell, Microsoft decided some time recently that the cloud is where they want to do a major push to (abit late I feel).

This service enables you to synchronize up to 2GB of your files and folders with

  1. Your other computers
  2. Microsoft’s Cloud storage

You install a Sync application on each of your computer and it seamlessly takes care of the synchronization of the files and folders on its own.

Note:This is not something new.I talk about a few service that is free some time ago. Most notably

  1. Soonr

How much files and folders can I store/synchronies/backup ?

As of now you can store up to 2GB of files

How much will this cost me?

It is FREE

What are the benefits?

  1. Your files and folders are accessible across all your computers
  2. In the future it might be accessible via iPhone,Android or WP7
  3. In the event of a computer breakdown and is irrecoverable, your files are intact
  4. Microsoft’s data server should have disaster recovery and redundancy, so the chances of you losing these files are low

How does it work?

1) Download Windows Live Essentials Beta from here.

2) Run the setup. You can install the rest of the stuff but make sure  you check the sync.

3) Once its installed you will see a sync icon in your windows system tray. Alternatively, go to Windows Essentials > Windows Live Sync.

4) this is your Sync Dashboard. Here you will see I am setting it up on one computer.

5) First thing is to click on Sync a folder, to identify which folder to sync across all your computers and microsoft.

6) I don’t just make use of one sync service, but if you see here I have Evernote,Dropbox,SugarSync,Syncplicity and now LiveSync. Essentially, I have almost 8GB of data under sync.

7) Create a folder for syncing (you can call it whatever you want I call it Live Sync)

8)Then check to sync to SkyDrive synced storage

9) You are set up. Here is a shot of me synchronizing 3 files. Once I moved them into my windows folders, on the web page it will indicate that its syncing 3 files.