Microsoft Updates SkyDrive apps for Windows and Mac
Microsoft has started today to push updates to the
SkyDrive apps for Windows desktop and for Mac, which
will appear automatically on users' PCs or Macs over the
course of the next week.
The update, which occur automatically in the background,
incldue the following main improvements and fixes:
- SkyDrive for Windows desktop will power a new feature in the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, available the first week of June. Right from the Photos app in Windows 8, you can fetch photos stored on your other PCs that have SkyDrive installed -[ no matter where you are or how many terabytes of photos you have stored on the PC you are accessing.
- SkyDrive for OS X Lion no longer shows an app icon in the dock when running.
- Your SkyDrive folder now updates more quickly and reliably when changes are made on other devices, including SkyDrive.com.
- The limit on the number of total files in the SkyDrive folder created by the apps has been raised from 150,000 to 10 million.
- SkyDrive for Windows desktop will power a new feature in the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, available the first week of June. Right from the Photos app in Windows 8, you can fetch photos stored on your other PCs that have SkyDrive installed -[ no matter where you are or how many terabytes of photos you have stored on the PC you are accessing.
- SkyDrive for OS X Lion no longer shows an app icon in the dock when running.
- Your SkyDrive folder now updates more quickly and reliably when changes are made on other devices, including SkyDrive.com.
- The limit on the number of total files in the SkyDrive folder created by the apps has been raised from 150,000 to 10 million.
