Windows Live Sync arrives as FolderShare fades away

WindowslivelogoWe knew that Windows Live Sync was on the way since Microsoft announced last month that it would replace FolderShare with the new Live service. LiveSide.net says that today’s the day you can get your first look at Live Sync and decide for yourself if and how it competes with Live Mesh… also by Microsoft.

Live Sync supports Windows and Mac devices so you can synchronize files and data between your multiple machines. How much synching can you do? Up to 20 folders and each folder can hold 20,000 files. Live Sync also integration with the Recycle Bin; I’ll have check and see exactly how that works across platforms. If you’re interested, you can grab the software here and start synching your data. Current FolderShare users should be prompted to upgrade to Live Sync. Don’t worry, according to the FAQ’s, you won’t lose any FolderShare data and your data libraries will automatically be rebuilt on the Live servers.

Update: The Live Sync team issued a blog comment addressing the application issues around 8:30pm ET. "Hi Sync friends. We’ve found a problem that is causing sign-into take longer than expected and in some cases causing sign-in to fail.We’re actively working on fixing this problem and expect to have itfixed for most of our users very soon. We are sorry for theinconvenience. – The Sync Team

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