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Unleash your PC with the Skydrive app

Thu, 10 May 2012 06:48:15 -0700

Most people aren’t like me, but for those that are, the latest version of SkyDrive is exactly what you need. Recently, Microsoft released a new app called SkyDrive. This new app does some basic stuff, some of the same stuff that Live Mesh did. It also does a bunch of new stuff that Live Mesh didn’t do. Instead of just syncing files from machine to machine and SkyDrive. Now you just sync to the SkyDrive and this becomes your central hub for everything. I just found this latest feature that makes it amazing. I was always a big user of Live Mesh but it always felt a little limited, meaning the rest of your machine was not really accessible. You could always remote desktop to it via Mesh but you were unable to access the files. Now with SkyDrive installed, you can access everything via a webpage. Holy cow, I can access all my images, all 28 Gigs of them. Before you would need to have LiveMesh sync the entire drive to your SkyDrive or to a different machine. I really didn’t want to sync that much data around but now I don’t have to. It’s all available via the SkyDrive website.

If you already have a SkyDrive account it’s pretty simple to get and setup.

1. Login to http://skydrive.live.com/

2. In the left navigation bar you will see a blue link “Get SkyDrive apps”

3. Install the application. When it’s done you will see the cloud app in your windows explorer window. This Icon will act a lot like Dropbox allowing you to sync all your files to the cloud.

4. You will also want to set the “Fetch files” setting. To do this navigate to the SkyDrive icon in the start tray, right click on the icon and select Settings.

5. Check “Make files on this PC available to me on my other devices”. This setting allows you to unleash the magic of the app. After this is done you will be able to login to http://skydrive.live.com/ and access your entire machine from the web, amazing!

Happy Cuatro De Mayo :-)

Fri, 04 May 2012 05:33:31 -0700

Happy Cuatro De Mayo :-)

This is pretty cool a wind map of the US. http://hint.fm/wind/

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:51:52 -0700

This is pretty cool a wind map of the US. http://hint.fm/wind/

How good is my Thursday night, I’m reading Brocade’s Unified IP MIB Reference document...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:26:00 -0700

How good is my Thursday night, I’m reading Brocade’s Unified IP MIB Reference document so I can extract some network monitoring metrics.

Amazon has a very aggressive pricing model for hosted email. AmazonSES http://bit.ly/GSvBZx

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:17:55 -0700

Amazon has a very aggressive pricing model for hosted email. AmazonSES http://bit.ly/GSvBZx

Business & Technology | In Sweden, cash is king no more | Seattle Times Newspaper...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:55:48 -0700

Business & Technology | In Sweden, cash is king no more | Seattle Times Newspaper http://ping.fm/kTLUQ

I had to convince Julia that she needed to wear shoes today, her first pick was to wear sandals. Dad...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:16:40 -0700

I had to convince Julia that she needed to wear shoes today, her first pick was to wear sandals. Dad has very simple rules about attire in the morning. Rule 1 it needs to be above freezing to wear summer gear. :-)

When will this winter end, more snow today. :-(

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:47:52 -0700

When will this winter end, more snow today. :-(

what’s with the snow? wasnow Sammamish

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:14:58 -0700

what’s with the snow? wasnow Sammamish

5 signs that you've lost control over your cloud apps - Computerworld

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:08:31 -0700

5 signs that you've lost control over your cloud apps - Computerworld

Trying to think up boy names this afternoon, Laura and Julia are not fans of the name...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:23:34 -0800

Trying to think up boy names this afternoon, Laura and Julia are not fans of the name “Stig”, I wonder why. :-)

Two different version of SkyDrive

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:39:01 -0800

Here’s something I never really understood about using my skydrive. Did you know that there are two different skydrive you can use? Yes, it’a bit confusing if you ask me. Why have two different area’s with different storage limiations. One is the devices skydrive with 4GB and the other is you Phone’s SkyDrive with 24GB. They are both access differently the synced storage SkyDrive is using from the Live Essentals Mesh service, this is a very handy service if you have multiple PC’s and you want common files across all of them. Live Mesh will keep all your PC’s updated with the same files, I love this and use it all the time.

The second is the generic SykDrive with 24GB that is used by you phone. this is the one everybody is used to seeing. My questions are, why have two different storage areas and why can’t I see my SkyDrive Synced storage files from my phone? ”There can be only one” as they would say in Highlander. Now why do I care now… Well I just installed the latest Beta of Windows 8 and Live Mesh service didn’t move over with the install. But there is a Metro app called SkyDrive and I was hoping I could see my data from that… but no! Grrr, Windows 8 please help get this figured out. Either build-in Live Mesh or allow me to see both SkyDrives.

That’s why I was unable to get the vanity plate “GOD” it was taken by...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:18:35 -0800

That’s why I was unable to get the vanity plate “GOD” it was taken by dotcom… ;-)
http://ping.fm/E6J0P

Snow in March, i don’t think it’s going to stick. wasnow

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:39:22 -0800

Snow in March, i don’t think it’s going to stick. wasnow

I think I need to have a battering ram on my car if I leave at 8:30. the 520 exit for MSFT is...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:03:21 -0800

I think I need to have a battering ram on my car if I leave at 8:30. the 520 exit for MSFT is crazy.

why does it take so many forms to enroll my daughter in elementary school. it’s like buying a...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:37:57 -0800

why does it take so many forms to enroll my daughter in elementary school. it’s like buying a house. I think I killed 20 trees.

There must be a mistake, it’s sunny outside. wasun

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:21:38 -0800

There must be a mistake, it’s sunny outside. wasun

Phishing scam

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:11:51 -0800

Hmm, something tells me that the IRS wouldn’t send this over email.

I’m glad we already purchased our plane tickets…. Oil is going for a record high today.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:11:20 -0800

I’m glad we already purchased our plane tickets…. Oil is going for a record high today.

Nokia Lumia Live ft deadmau5 lights up London with amazing 4D...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:19:02 -0800

Nokia Lumia Live ft deadmau5 lights up London with amazing 4D projection (by nokiauk)