• http://www.syncables.com Spencer

    Hey there, I’m Spencer. I work for a company named Syncables, and after reading through this, I think you might want to check us out. We make a localized syncing software that I’ve found makes a great compliment to Live Mesh and dropbox. Our client is cross-platform, and it lets you keep your files, contacts and email synced between your computers over your home or office network, which is great for when you can’t get an internet connection but still need to transfer things between your machines. Additionally, Syncables includes a media component, which allows you to upload your media to any phone or usb drive.

    Anyway, come check us out sometime at http://www.syncables.com!

    • http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/ Ishan

      @Syncables: Thanks for dropping by. Syncables indeed looks good, but it does not have any free version. Do you plan to launch a Free Lite version of Syncables in future?

      • Rick

        Don’t bother with that Spencer, he’s spamming his site, I’ve seen this exact same reply on other blogs.

  • Rick

    The problem with Live Mesh is that it doesn’t have Delta syncing, every little change requires a complete file reupload. Example: when you’re storing a truecrypt 100MB file in you Live Mesh space and you update one little text file in it you’re going to reupload the entire 100MB.

    Dropbox supports Delta syncing and thus uploads only the changes.

    • http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/ Ishan

      @Rick: That explains it – I have been using Live Mesh now instead of Dropbox, and experience slowed down computer when it is syncing.

  • ricky

    The optimum solution is to use both Dropbox and Live Mesh. I’ve moved the My Documents folder and other folders that are modified daily to Dropbox. And then I use Live Mesh for my read-only files such as ebooks, manuals and software files.

    • http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/ Ishan

      @ricky: That’s a pretty good idea ricky. I will give that a shot. However, I noticed that my Live Mesh was slow in the beginning, but now it is as fast as Dropbox. I believe initial slowness was just because of the fact that it was trying to upload more than a gig of data.

  • J

    Regarding remote connection, it seems like that feature is redundant with Remote Desktop? It would be good for Windows versions that do not support RD hosts though, like the non-Professional editions. Also, I’m surprised that you do not cover RDP in your “5 Free Software to Connect Remotely…” article since it comes with most versions of Windows. Another tip is to use Wake On Lan to avoid having to always leave the computer on for remoting purposes…takes some configuring to use though…haven’t gotten it to work yet personally.

    • http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/ Ishan

      @J: You have made a very good point. I use RDP at work, and absolutely love it. But as you said, it is not available with all versions, so left it out. I am not aware about Wake On Lan.. could you elaborate.

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  • TheGooch

    How do they compare from a performance and security perspective?

    Dropbox’s differential synchronization, where it only sync’s the bits that have changed is big reason that I went with them. And what if you not all of your computers are Windows?

    Another good feature of Dropbox is LAN or local synchronization between systems on the same network. They can bypass Dropbox and sync directly(faster) with other systems on the same LAN.

    What if I need 30GB of storage? How do they compare then?

  • Kars

    does it work on linux? I don’t think so.. Dropbox does! I like the amount of storage data, but as a linux user this isn’t an alternative for me.

  • me

    The major drawback of live mesh is that it does not work with windows xp. Seriously, how come microsoft gives better support to mac users than to their own clients?

  • Kooba

    No XP support…no deal. When will MS learn…considering loads of businesses still use XP as their primary OS. Typical MS, behind the curve on just about everything that is good about web 2.0.

  • Shinto

    Don’t bother with Live Mesh it is inferior to its predecessor (Live Sync) and not an alternative for Dropbox.

    1) Live mesh is INCREDIBLY slow. transferring files even in a local gigabit network takes hours,days or WEEKS. ( Major flaw in its framework. It will always transfer the files across the Internet and will fail to resolve in LAN )

    2) Live mesh does not expose all the same information that Live Sync used to do.

    3) Again. VERY SLOW.