![]() ![]() (Google Mail, after all, just celebrated its fifth birthday and is still in beta.) I’ve been using the file and folder sync features of Live Mesh for the past year, and after a few hiccups early on it has been impressively fast and reliable. Windows Live Mesh is still a beta service, but these days that’s not a red flag. System requirements: Windows Vista or XP SP2 , OS X 10.5 I have the notebook set for offline access to the work files and to my Photos share, so I know I’ll always have up-to-date copies of those files in at least two places. In my office, I keep all working files in a shared folder on an HP MediaSmart Home Server. The best part about this feature is that it eliminates the frantic scramble to sync files from desktop to notebook before a business trip. I’ve successfully configured shares on a PC running Ubuntu Linux for offline access, and I have no doubt that connecting to a Mac file share would work as well, since it also uses Samba. The remote location doesn’t have to be running Windows either. When you reconnect to the network, your changes are synced up using the settings you define. You can create new files and folders, edit and save existing files, or delete objects. ![]() When you disconnect from the network, you can still open the shared folder using a mapped drive or a UNC name (\\server\share), but you’re working with the cached files. As long as you’re connected to the network, you work with the remote files directly, and Windows updates the local cache with your changes. That creates a sync partnership, and Windows immediately begins creating a local cache of the files in the remote folder. You find a network share or shared folder on another computer, right-click, and click Always Available Offline. From a PC running a business version of Windows (sorry, not available in Home Basic or Home Premium), you connect to a network computer. ![]()
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