If you have more than one computer that you use to run your business, you need Windows Live Mesh. With a few minutes of setup on each computer, you can have all of your business files automatically and constantly synced between multiple computers.
Windows Live MeshMost business managers have more than one computer that they use to run the business. For example, a desktop at the office and a laptop that they travel with and use at home. One of the biggest hassles is keeping the files you need available and up to date on both computers.
With Windows Live Mesh installed, you simply select the folders you want to keep synced between any number of computers, and it happens. You don’t need to know how or why it works, it just does. Any time you change and save a shared file, the changes are sent to the other computers that are connected to your network or the internet.
With Windows Live Mesh, all transfers are encrypted, and you can sync up to 200 folders, each up to 50 GB in size and containing up to 100,000 files.
You can even sync to Microsoft’s free 5GB Sky Drive so you have access to your files from anywhere. It’s like a free, automatic backup service. (This part of Live mesh is very similar to the free version of Dropbox. Dropbox retains older versions of files for added security, but is limited to 2GB of on line storage, and does not offer direct computer to computer syncing. If you want to share all your files through an on line storage site, Dropbox is an excellent product).
Live Mesh also allows you to remotely control any Windows PC. You just log into the remote computer using Live Mesh, and you can see and control the remote computer’s desktop. So, when you finally take that long vacation you’ve been dreaming about, you can recalculate your breakeven using your copy of Numbers Cruncher on the office computer with your laptop right on the beach.
Windows Live mesh works on Windows Vista, Win7, Mac OS X 10.5 or later, and some mobile devices.