It does make me hesitant to use iCloud Drive for anything other than basic file storage, though–certainly not for file-sharing. I want to blame Apple for this, but I’m not sure who the real culprit is.
This means I won’t be able to access the vault from the iPad, but that’s an acceptable loss. This seems to be working so far and has the added security of keeping things off the internet.
Obsidian for mac Pc#
My current solution has been to create a folder on the PC and share it over the local network with the Mac. I tried a few experiments with new vaults, and found I could replicate the buggy results easily.
Obsidian for mac mac#
Something is clearly happening when the vault is accessed on the PC after being accessed on the Mac where the sync is failing. They don’t show in Obsidian, and they are gone from the related vault folder in iCloud Drive. If I return to the vault on the Mac, the two files are gone. The contents, as expected, reflect what Obsidian is reporting:ĭouble-clicking one of these files will try to open it in iA Writer, which is set as my default Markdown editor in windows.
Obsidian for mac windows#
If I open the Obsidian folder in iCloud Drive where this vault lives, Windows 11 will indicate that it has a sync pending. Here’s a shot of how the file appears in the vault list: No opening permitted! These files will not open and clicking on them will pop up the Automatic file downloads dialog again, like the circle of life except in this circle nothing actually happens and everyone probably starves. I haven’t tested with the vault still open on the Mac before opening it back up on PC.Īfter downloading, the vault on the PC will now show the original file, along with one or more duplicates, with (1), (2) etc. The issue happens when I do not have the vault in question open before Step 3. Note that I tend to close Obsidian on one platform before accessing its vault on another, though this is not strictly speaking necessary. Notification dialog (of doom)ĭownloading files happens each time when a file is presumably changed in Obsidian on another machine.
The latter is a one-time operation, per the pop-up. When Step 3 happens, Obsidian will pop up a message saying it is downloading files or indexing files. The problem arises after a few specific steps when using Obsidian: If I open the vault on the Mac, it also works fine there (as expected, since iCloud Drive is an Apple service). My main vault (folder) for Obsidian is on iCloud Drive, and it works fine on the PC, saving and updating seamlessly. Where I have run into problems is with the sync when using iCloud Drive. I’ve been using it primarily on my Windows 11 PC, as that’s my main machine, but have also used it on the iPad (no issues) and Mac (no issues, but with a big fat asterisk, as I will explain right after this parenthetical). The interface is minimal and gets the job done, even if the UI doesn’t look at all native whether on Mac or PC.
I have been reasonably pleased with Obsidian as my note-taking app so far.
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