The Notes app is at least sync'd through mail, so you don’t have to go through iCloud if you don’t want to. I… uh, host my own IMAP server… so it’s my data, on

The Notes app is at least sync'd through mail, so you don’t have to go through iCloud if you don’t want to. I… uh, host my own IMAP server… so it’s my data, on my server. And yes, I realize that “just host IMAP yourself” is a preposterous thing to recommend to anyone. Seems like this kind of syncing just barely works, because notes are kind of like emails. Too bad there isn’t a similar ubiquitous personal file sharing service that could be used for your other iCloud stuff. WebDAV might fit the bill if you hammered it into place. I don’t think syncing by cable is in the cards, even for Notes. You would want a way to resolve conflicts. When you sync stuff like music by cable, there’s always a host and a client device. With Notes, there are just two peers, which may both have edits to a common anscestor. A chunk of WebDAV is just the ability to make changes and handle conflicts (or at least figure out when they happen).