Thanks Charles...useful outline of how Live Mesh works...something I've not used but I'll check it out.
On 12 June, 13:04, "charles.roper" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've used Dropbox to sync my MLO file across computers for a while now > and it works great. In fact, I have MLO itself installed (via the zip > file) in my Dropbox folder so I can get at it no matter what computer > I am on. > > Another option is to use Live Mesh (https://www.mesh.com/) which is > very similar to Dropbox but offers more free space and the added bonus > of being able to specify any folder as 'meshed'. You can also sync > directly between computers; in other words, you don't have to have > files sync'ing up into the cloud - it can selectively do peer-to-peer. > It's pretty neat. It also has a 'Live Desktop', which is kind of a > cloud based Windows desktop running in your browser (sounds a bit > lame, but it's actually surprisingly impressive). In a coming version > of Mesh you'll be able to drag and drop files between your real > Windows desktop and your Live Mesh desktop. Pretty sweet. Finally > there's Remote Desktop built-in, so you can connect to and control any > of the devices in your mesh as if you were sitting in front of it. > > For all of Microsoft's faults, Live Mesh truly is a visionary and > innovative product IMHO. I'm surprised it doesn't get more attention. > Wouldn't it be awesome if Mesh were built directly into Windows 7 for > completely seamless integration (it's pretty seamless now, though, > TBH)? > > Dropbox does have one thing that Mesh doesn't though: file version > history. However, there's nothing to stop you having both installed to > reap the benefits of each. Oh, and Mesh doesn't work with Microsoft's > own ISA authenticated proxy, whereas Dropbox does (kind of ironic). > I'm behind an ISA proxy here at work, which means I can't use Mesh. > Annoying in the extreme! > > Charles > > On Jun 11, 9:21 am, Colin A <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > I was using an earlier version of MLO and after using it for a while > > drifted away....later I got into GTD and started using various systems > > and recently I was reminded on MLO and I'm currently checking out the > > strengths and weaknesses opposed to my current online system (which is > > great but lacks some of the advanced features of MLO and is > > online...without an offline version). > > > I like online as I can work on it on any machine...but there are times > > when I'm offline a lot then it's hard to add tasks, I plan to but then > > don't get round to it after the event. So using MLO overcomes that > > problem...I can run it on the different PC's I have access to (less > > than 5)...but I want to make sure my file is upto date. I know I can > > use a USB drive...but does anyone use Dropbox or similar? > > > It seems to me if I store my MLO file in a dropbox folder it will be > > available on whatever machine I use...and provided I don't open MLO > > before dropbox has sync'd this should work...right? > > > Any other good ideas / alternatives...or am I on the right path? > > > Thanks > > Colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
