Dropbox has been my utility of choice when it comes to remote data synchronization, but that has changed since I had tried "Windows Live Mesh 2011" which is a part of "Windows Live Essentials 2011" suite of applications. One of the biggest shortcoming of Dropbox is that it does not let users select folders to sync, and all data needs to be in a pre-defined dropbox folder to get synced. Windows Live Mesh 2011 solves this by empowering users to sync multiple folders across devices (currently PC and Mac are supported) and even allows you to backup 5 GB of data to Microsoft SkyDrive web-storage for free.

Apart from offering better folder synching capabilities, Windows Live Mesh also offers Remote Desktop features enabling users to access their computer and data from anywhere.

Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2011 Final is now available for download, the free add-on pack for Windows is now upgraded to final version shedding the beta tag with this release, comprising new versions of MSN Messenger, Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Mail, Writer, Family Safety, and Windows Live Mesh the utility pack is surely going to be of great help. The new Windows Live Essentials 2011 requires Windows Vista or Windows 7 but an older version is also available for XP and can be downloaded from the link provided below.