Windows Live Sync on Mac

I've been running various versions of Live Mesh and Live Sync on my Mac over the past year. So far I haven't been terribly happy with Live Mesh, but it got the job done, albeit very slowly at times.  I'm am very exited at what I am seeing though in the latest Windows Live Sync beta for both Windows and Mac OS X.

When installing the latest version of Live Sync, which is still in beta I ran across the following error on start:

"Sorry, there is a problem with Windows Live Sync. Please quit Sync, make sure your computer is connected to the Internet, and then start Sync again."

A Google search led me to Brian Hall's blog post at:

http://www.bhall.com/2010/07/fix-windows-live-sync-beta-for-mac.html

His specific post didn't help, but the link he provided to Microsoft sure did:

http://www.windowslivehelp.com/thread.aspx?threadid=02bfeeed-601e-40e9-977c-65d4c656a5ce&page=1

Deleting the folder at the following location seemed to do the trick for me:

~/Library/Application Support/Live Id

After deleting that and emptying the trash the Live Sync beta started no problem and prompted me for my Live ID and password.

Print | posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 1:59 PM

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great post. instruction worked for me. noted though it's the user Library folder (as indicated by ~) rather than the root Library folder.
Left by bluesky on Sep 08, 2010 7:35 AM

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Thanks for the clarification, you are right it is the User's Library Folder, aka
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Live Id
Left by Ryan on Sep 08, 2010 2:10 PM

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worked!

only dude who knew how to fix it. thanks mate
Left by Ath on Oct 16, 2010 6:17 AM

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Worked for me
Left by Anselm on Oct 17, 2010 2:07 PM

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I dont have /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Live Id, nor do I have a folder WLSync which other posts state the file is in to delete.
Left by Steve on Oct 28, 2010 12:18 AM

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That worked for me, thanks!
Left by Adam on Oct 30, 2010 10:27 AM

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that worked great! I was just about to give up!
Left by Joseph on Nov 08, 2010 4:27 AM

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Thanks for this Ryan - stupidly I'd become dependent on an MS solution. I should have known better, but this is currently the best solution on the market for local network syncing.
Great stuff, thanks very much!
Left by Mike on Mar 06, 2011 8:36 AM

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