With Windows 8, Microsoft will be introducing new features and apps to its cloud storage service SkyDrive, but syncing between PCs won’t be among the additions. In the comments of a recent Building Windows 8 blog post, Mike Torres, SkyDrive Group Program Manager for devices and roaming, revealed that the service won’t support PC-to-PC syncing without using the cloud because “it adds complexity” both from a technical and user perspective. This in spite of the fact that Windows Live Mesh — which did support file syncing between two or more computers — is being rolled into the SkyDrive service.
SkyDrive for Windows 8 won’t support PC-to-PC syncing
Despite being combined with Windows Live Mesh, the next version of cloud storage service SkyDrive won’t support syncing between PCs.
Despite being combined with Windows Live Mesh, the next version of cloud storage service SkyDrive won’t support syncing between PCs.
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According to Torres, the new “fetch” feature that’s being introduced into SkyDrive, which lets users grab documents from any SkyDrive-connected PC, should address the lack of syncing between computers. “There are tradeoffs either way, we realize that,” he explained, “but we decided to focus on a simple model and really work to get that right.”
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