[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

So no one knows if I can use an existing folder for Live sync rather than having to create a new one? The goal is to keep my "Documents" folders in sync with all of my Macs.

Well why don't you test it out then? I haven't had time yet...

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

So no one knows if I can use an existing folder for Live sync rather than having to create a new one? The goal is to keep my "Documents" folders in sync with all of my Macs.

Well why don't you test it out then? I haven't had time yet...

[Macguy59]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Well why don't you test it out then? I haven't had time yet...

Of course I have. I did not see an option allows you to use an existing folder

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

Of course I have. I did not see an option allows you to use an existing folder

Nuts. I guess that answers our question then. Why on earth did they make Live Mesh that way? Seems crazy to me.

[alese]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

Of course I have. I did not see an option allows you to use an existing folder

Maybe that's a Mac "feature" it certainly doesn't work like that in Windows. I have just added a folder on my D drive root to my Live Mesh and it works as one would expect - no copying to desktop...

[alese]

Originally Posted by doogald

There is, in fact, a WM client. Look at the bottom of page Sync Files Across PC, Mac and Mobile Phone: Remote File Access and Perform Backup - SugarSync

While I do not use SugarSync, I did try it out several months ago with the WM client and it seemed to work fine. It has a 45 day trial, so you can at least see how it works.

My bad, I haven't seen the WM client - I'll try it out. But I would still prefer Live Mesh, it's free

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by alese

Maybe that's a Mac "feature" it certainly doesn't work like that in Windows. I have just added a folder on my D drive root to my Live Mesh and it works as one would expect - no copying to desktop...

Wow, if that's really the case, that sucks - the functionality isn't so hot on Macs. You wouldn't think they'd do it that way unless they had to, so I wonder if there's something about OS X that doesn't allow them to do that.

And I just have to say it...Windows FTW!

[Macguy59]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Wow, if that's really the case, that sucks - the functionality isn't so hot on Macs. You wouldn't think they'd do it that way unless they had to, so I wonder if there's something about OS X that doesn't allow them to do that.

And I just have to say it...Windows FTW!

Freakin totally wanks ?

[Macguy59]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Nuts. I guess that answers our question then. Why on earth did they make Live Mesh that way? Seems crazy to me.

Is Live sync different from Live Mesh ? Meh if I can't get it to work like I want it to I'll just use ChronoSync.

[doogald]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

Ok so I decided to download the Mac client for this to try out. Maybe I'm overlooking the obvious but why can't I choose an existing folder to keep in sync rather than needing to create a new one ? That seems self defeating.

I just created an account and tried to install Live Mesh, and it will not recognize my user name/password (it is beta). But the instructions seem to suggest that you can add an existing folder:

http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?marke...=Live_Mesh_Mac

[doogald]

Originally Posted by doogald

I just created an account and tried to install Live Mesh, and it will not recognize my user name/password (it is beta). But the instructions seem to suggest that you can add an existing folder:

http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?marke...=Live_Mesh_Mac

I finally got Live Mesh to install and actually log in from my Mac. And, yes, it is rather trivial to add an existing folder to Live Mesh from a Mac. You cannot do it from the Finder with a right click, but Live Mesh adds a menu icon and from there you can pretty easily add an existing folder. And whenever you navigate to that folder in the Finder it pops up a Live Mesh status window for that folder, where you can manage devices, invite users, etc.