It's possible to do some cloud stuff but can you even access the filesystem with a non-Apple device?
Last time I tried iTunes was an essential requirement and your actual access is very limited.
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spckls@lemmy.world 10 months agoNot true, sorry. Using self hosted cloud and it works perfectly.
kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 10 months ago
t0fr@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Yes true, sorry.
I’d be unable to use Syncthing to properly sync my devices on iOS as it is completely locked down. You can’t run a daemon that’s always running on iOS and multiple apps cannot have access to the same files. Each app has their own little sandboxed playground.
forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-for-ios/16045
spckls@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I guess if that particular app doesn’t work then it doesn’t. But i have zero issues with syncing the Bitwarden vault, or Synology drive, Nextcloud, or Synology Photos. Maybe the issue is with Syncthing.
t0fr@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It’s because it’s not a cloud, it’s direct for sync. When I leave my house, and do not have internet I’ll have access to all my files because they’ve already been saved locally to my phone.
No cloud puts files onto your local filesystem until you download them to your phone manually. A syncing app will put them there.
spckls@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I guess you should look into nextcloud and/or synology drive, because they do exactly that.
You can use it as a “cloud”, where the files you are using are downloaded locally and then updated if you made changes, or you can just sync everything.
For me, i have some folders i need always available, internet or no internet, and some that i don’t care about as much. And that’s how it’s configured, it syncs the stuff i need, it leaves the stuff i don’t.