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SkyDrive desktop app gets minor update; new logo officially unveiled

Jul 12, 2012 7:20 pm by damaster | 13 comments

Following the appearance of the SkyDrive desktop app on the Windows Store yesterday, the SkyDrive team has announced on the official blog that they have released a minor update to the SkyDrive desktop app for Windows, now carrying a build number of 16.4.6003.0710. Whilst you won’t find the highly requested features such as selective sync or syncing of shared folders, below is a summary list of what has changed in this update:

New Status Window – Many people asked for a simple way to check at a glance whether their SkyDrive is in sync. With this update, when you click SkyDrive in the system tray, a small status window appears. It lets you know if SkyDrive is up to date, and gives you the time at which SkyDrive was last updated. If SkyDrive is still syncing, you’ll also see the number of megabytes and files you have remaining to sync.
New context menu options – We’ve also added new options in the context menu that you see when you right-click (“View sync problems” and “Report a problem”) to make it easier to identify and report issues.
Performance improvements – Most of the changes in this update aren’t really visible. Millions of people depend on SkyDrive to automatically sync files, so as with most updates, this one improves performance, reliability, and compatibility of SkyDrive.

Perhaps the other visible change is the inclusion of the new SkyDrive logo, which we have reported a few weeks ago. The redesign of the logo, according to Mike Torres, Program Manager for SkyDrive, is aimed to “deliver a consistent experience across all of [Microsoft’s] products”, particularly with the release of Windows 8 imminent. Check out the high resolution version of the new logo below:

Your SkyDrive desktop app for Windows should update automatically soon, alternatively you can manually download and update the new SkyDrive for Windows app by going to https://apps.live.com/skydrive

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Bryan Tran
I got my update automatically. :S
Across all my systems…
- Calum James
  Yes, the Windows Team Blog post states that it’s an automatic update :)
- Damaster – LiveSide.net
  Yes it’s an automatic update. Updated the wording in the post to clarify. Thanks :)
Mario Albertico
Turned on my PC and immediately noticed a new icon, but what in the world are Microsoft’s designers using to select their shades of blue?? Just for fun, here’s Windows 8 + SkyDrive; wonderful together, right? O.o
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http://www.windowsobserver.com/ Richard Hay
Anyone else end up with a white icon in the systray?
- http://wp7app.de Thomas
  Yup, I like it.
- Jjkitc
  Yes! Mine is white, so why is mine white?
  - Damaster – LiveSide.net
    Yes it is white. It’s just so that it can be consistent with the other Windows 8 tray icons like volume, network…etc. See screenshot to see what I mean:
    http://www.winsupersite.com/content/content/143685/sd1.jpg
http://th-ink.net Philipp Steinweber
Unortunately still no Windows XP compatibility. This kind of behavior (dropping support of older OS) reminds me Apple after all.
- wasapasserby
  At some point, you have to start dropping support for 11 year old operating systems. Did you want support for Windows ME while you’re at it? Windows ME is only a year older than XP.
  - http://th-ink.net Philipp Steinweber
    well, dropbox, google drive etc. obviously don’t agree and support win xp. as well as almost every piece of free- and shareware out there.
    and when a product is for keeping things in sync between different platforms, it should of course allow to do so across the currently most wide spread operating systems.
eknirb
white systray icon…blue in task bar, blue on desktop. when is metro coming to hotmail??
http://twitter.com/Kittyburgers Kitty Burgers
If I am using SDExplorer, is there any particular reason I should be using this Windows desktop app?