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>The biggest bummer is that there's no iOS client. https://www.mobiussync.com/ https://www.mobiussync.com/

by vegai_ 5y ago

Tomte 5y ago
Second this. Works flawlessly, is rather cheap, and the developers encourage donations to the main SyncThing project.
- KennyBlanken 5y ago
  How is "you have to manually copy files around every time you want to use them" "works flawlessly"? Have you not seen how stuff is supposed to work with cloud storage providers in iOS? Because it's indistinguishable in function from local on-device storage.
  - Tomte 5y ago
    My use cases may be simpler than yours, but I don't copy files around. I usually sync PDF and epub files to my iPad and open them directly from the sync folder in Apple Books.
  - rob74 5y ago
    Maybe it works flawlessly inside the limitations that non-Apple iOS sync apps have?
p2t2p 5y ago
Yes this. Best money I’ve ever spent on software
Fiahil 5y ago
Not available in my region, sadly
- gregoriol 5y ago
  Same here in Europe, wtf?
  - oauea 5y ago
    Odd, it appears to be create by a London-based company: https://www.pickupinfinity.com/about-us/ https://www.pickupinfinity.com/about-us/
KennyBlanken 5y ago
Okay, I guess I should qualify that and say that there's no iOS client that is actually practical to use. NextCloud integrates into iOS's Files app pretty tightly as a 'storage provider' or whatever Apple calls it. End result is that my password database is magically up-to-date whenever I go to use it in my password manager, probably because Files sees an app trying to access the file, pings NextCloud to say "yo, is this shit up to date?", and then my password manager opens the file. I don't have to worry myself about background sync and such. I didn't have to do jack shit to open the database the first time; the built-in iOS file-picker that came up let me select nextcloud as a source, and then my password database. Done. It is two taps to get that database open now - one to hit "passwords" in the keyboard area, and the second is me TouchID'ing to unlock the database. Looking over the Mobius faq, it appears to be vastly inferior, with no guarantee your files are synced at any point in time, and you have to manually push files from Mobius to Files, and then access them in apps from there: > iOS apps cannot access each others’ files. This means you will need to copy files in and out of Syncthing using the Apple Files app. I wouldn't do that even if the software was free. And they want me to pay for that? No?
- pmontra 5y ago
  I sometimes have the same problem with Android apps that store their files into their private folders, protected by the OS. I can't use Syncthing to backup those files to my computer. Either the app lets me configure the storage location to something that the other apps can access or I uninstall it and use a different app that lets me do that. If the OS gets into the way of what I want to do, oh well, that's one of the reasons why I'm using Android and not iOS. Android gets in the way but not at much as iOS seems to do. A better way should be creating a whitelist of apps that can access the storage of other apps. Gpx tracker app? Add Syncthing to its whitelist, and the file manager I use instead of the system one.
- oauea 5y ago
  It's Apple. You are of course welcome to pay their exorbitant development fees yourself, go through the insane review process and publish your own competing app!

>The biggest bummer is that there's no iOS client. https://www.mobiussync.com/ https://www.mobiussync.com/

by vegai_ 5y ago

>The biggest bummer is that there's no iOS client. https://www.mobiussync.com/ https://www.mobiussync.com/

Tomte 5y ago

Second this. Works flawlessly, is rather cheap, and the developers encourage donations to the main SyncThing project.

KennyBlanken 5y ago
How is "you have to manually copy files around every time you want to use them" "works flawlessly"? Have you not seen how stuff is supposed to work with cloud storage providers in iOS? Because it's indistinguishable in function from local on-device storage.
- Tomte 5y ago
  My use cases may be simpler than yours, but I don't copy files around. I usually sync PDF and epub files to my iPad and open them directly from the sync folder in Apple Books.
- rob74 5y ago
  Maybe it works flawlessly inside the limitations that non-Apple iOS sync apps have?

p2t2p 5y ago

Yes this. Best money I’ve ever spent on software

Fiahil 5y ago

Not available in my region, sadly

gregoriol 5y ago
Same here in Europe, wtf?
- oauea 5y ago
  Odd, it appears to be create by a London-based company: https://www.pickupinfinity.com/about-us/ https://www.pickupinfinity.com/about-us/

KennyBlanken 5y ago

Okay, I guess I should qualify that and say that there's no iOS client that is actually practical to use. NextCloud integrates into iOS's Files app pretty tightly as a 'storage provider' or whatever Apple calls it. End result is that my password database is magically up-to-date whenever I go to use it in my password manager, probably because Files sees an app trying to access the file, pings NextCloud to say "yo, is this shit up to date?", and then my password manager opens the file. I don't have to worry myself about background sync and such. I didn't have to do jack shit to open the database the first time; the built-in iOS file-picker that came up let me select nextcloud as a source, and then my password database. Done. It is two taps to get that database open now - one to hit "passwords" in the keyboard area, and the second is me TouchID'ing to unlock the database. Looking over the Mobius faq, it appears to be vastly inferior, with no guarantee your files are synced at any point in time, and you have to manually push files from Mobius to Files, and then access them in apps from there: > iOS apps cannot access each others’ files. This means you will need to copy files in and out of Syncthing using the Apple Files app. I wouldn't do that even if the software was free. And they want me to pay for that? No?

pmontra 5y ago
I sometimes have the same problem with Android apps that store their files into their private folders, protected by the OS. I can't use Syncthing to backup those files to my computer. Either the app lets me configure the storage location to something that the other apps can access or I uninstall it and use a different app that lets me do that. If the OS gets into the way of what I want to do, oh well, that's one of the reasons why I'm using Android and not iOS. Android gets in the way but not at much as iOS seems to do. A better way should be creating a whitelist of apps that can access the storage of other apps. Gpx tracker app? Add Syncthing to its whitelist, and the file manager I use instead of the system one.
oauea 5y ago
It's Apple. You are of course welcome to pay their exorbitant development fees yourself, go through the insane review process and publish your own competing app!