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Windows Live Mesh
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<p>Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as <i>Windows Live FolderShare</i>, <i>Live Mesh</i>, and <i>Windows Live Sync</i>) is a discontinued free-to-use Internet-based <a href="/facts/File_synchronization/CLEyRRpc">file synchronization</a> application by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> designed to allow files and folders between two or more computers to be in sync with each other on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> (Vista and later) and <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a> (v. 10.5 Leopard and later, Intel processors only) computers or the Web via <a href="/facts/OneDrive/4Pty6BW8">SkyDrive</a>. Windows Live Mesh also enabled remote desktop access via the Internet. </p><p>Windows Live Mesh was part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite of software. However this application was replaced by SkyDrive for Windows application in <a href="/facts/Windows_Essentials/tPJ6oqdG">Windows Essentials</a> 2012 and later <a href="/facts/OneDrive/4Pty6BW8">OneDrive</a> in Windows 8/8.1/10. Microsoft announced on December 13, 2012, that Windows Live Mesh would be discontinued on February 13, 2013. </p>