I don’t think I get much more synced then I am right now
Using just about every single syncing solution MS offers, My digital life has never been more synced.
Here is the services I use…
Live Mesh: For sharing large files and doing remote tech support for my friends & family.
Live Favorites: Keeping my Favorites in sync across my computers
Live Gallery Sync: A “New?” service for your photos\Live Photo gallery ( which I LOVE)
Skydrive: Your online “store” for your digital life
Right now MS has a lot “overlapping” syncing technology… Live Mesh and Windows Live Sync run on totally separate frameworks. They also use separate clients and websites. I’m told this will all change in the future, bringing all of the service’s under one “roof”. I’m thinking that “roof” will be the Live Mesh platform. It remains to be seen if they can pull it off in a seamless manner.
One of the services I recently just discovered, Would be the Photo Gallery Sync. At first I was “another MS syncing service!!!”…. But I quickly found that this was service that I would be using a lot. To break it down, Gallery Sync keeps your photos & Video! synced across any number of computers. This is a lifesaver for me, Because on my main computer I have about 10,000 pictures. Most of them span from 2003-2009. My family is always asking me “ can I have that picture”. Before Gallery Sync I had to burn a CD or resort to sending them via email (horrors). Now it is almost too easy… All I have to do is import the files via Photo gallery, Gallery Sync will then blast the photos wherever you would like them.
That unassuming little menu option is your key to picture-perfect sync-ness.
The screenshot above is the website for Gallery Sync. As Far as I can tell, it does NOT store you files online (unlike skydrive). Which is perfectly fine with me, as I would fill up any storage wayyyyy too fast.
Gallery Sync also performs a two way sync, so a photo is updated (edited) on one computer, those changes will be mirrored on the other computers.
Also remember, Live Mesh & Gallery Sync are cousins… and they communicate… unlike some of my cousins.
So if I took a picture using my HTC Touch Pro, which Phonedog.com kindly supplied me with. Live Mesh would kick in, and send the file zipping across the carrier’s network. When it reaches my main computer, it would be picked up by Gallery Sync. Which would promptly send the file across my network to whatever computer I needed.
If you would like to try out Gallery sync for yourself, just check to see if your Live Photo Gallery has that “setup gallery sync” button. Be forewarned, it may not show up right away. MS is rolling this feature out slowly, so as to not overwhelm the servers.
Let me know what you think of this feature… I would love to hear from you.
