

Windows Live Sync Wave 3 was released on December 11, 2008, and an update of Windows Live Sync for Mac was released on Novemto add support for Mac OS X 10.6. New features of the then Windows Live Sync "Wave 3" compared to FolderShare included increased limit of sync folders, integration with Windows Live ID, integration with Recycle Bin, unicode support, support for Mac OS X, and integration with Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Toolbar to sync photo albums and favorites between PCs. New UI improvements were also announced to be part of the "Wave 3" release, integrating it with other Windows Live services. In the Windows Live Essentials "Wave 3" release, Windows Live FolderShare was again rebranded as Windows Live Sync. Since its rebrand as Windows Live FolderShare, the client and service had undergone extensive platform changes, switching from the original LAMP which it was originally built on when acquired, to the Windows Server platform. The new client had some user interface and branding updates and contained several bug fixes - including official support for Windows Vista and discontinued support for Windows 2000. Support for discussion groups and Remote Desktop Search was also removed in the update. This comprised a rewrite of the FolderShare website and an updated Windows Live FolderShare client. On March 10, 2008, Microsoft released its first user visible update to the then Windows Live FolderShare. on November 3, 2005, and subsequently made it a part of their Windows Live range of services. Microsoft bought FolderShare from ByteTaxi Inc. Microsoft announced on Decemthat Windows Live Mesh would be discontinued on February 13, 2013. However this application was replaced by SkyDrive for Windows application in Windows Essentials 2012 and later OneDrive in Windows 8/8.1/10. Windows Live Mesh was part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite of software. Windows Live Mesh also enabled remote desktop access via the Internet. 10.5 Leopard and later, Intel processors only) computers or the Web via SkyDrive. Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as Windows Live FolderShare, Live Mesh, and Windows Live Sync) is a discontinued free-to-use Internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft designed to allow files and folders between two or more computers to be in sync with each other on Windows (Vista and later) and Mac OS X (v. Windows (XP and later) and Mac OS X (Intel Only)Īrchived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
