The software does its magic in the background as you work. The application finds other computers that have Windows Live Sync installed you can then choose the folders that you want to synchronize, and on which computers you want them synchronized. (Note: While previous versions of Windows Live Sync do work with Macs, I was unable to get the Mac version of this beta to work.)Īs with previous versions of Windows Live Sync, you install the software on each computer that contains folders you want to synchronize. Windows Live Sync does exactly what the name implies - it synchronizes files and folders among multiple PCs, Macs as well as Windows PCs.
Beyond that, it could provide an important syncing foundation for many other Microsoft products in the future, including the Web version of Office. That's a shame, because for people with multiple PCs, this little app may be the best of the bunch.
The sleeper of the group that has gotten very little notice is Windows Live Sync. In this review, I'll look at the changes in this beta version of Windows Live Essentials compared to Wave 3. Other applications, such as Windows Live Sync and Windows Live Writer, are unique to Live Essentials. Some of the offerings in Windows Live Essentials are applications that originally shipped with Windows but were stripped out in Windows 7, such as Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Movie Maker. Some features have been optimized for Windows 7 - for example, Windows Movie Maker can make use of codecs built into Windows 7. Windows Live Essentials works only with Windows Vista and Windows 7, so Windows XP users are out of luck. The new release has a lineup of applications that is almost identical to that of its predecessor: Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Sync, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Family Safety and the Bing Bar (which replaces the previous Windows Live Toolbar). The Wave 4 release of Windows Live Essentials comes about a year and a half after the Wave 3 release.
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