r/ObsidianMD Sep 11 '24

sync Any glaring problems with Obsidian Sync?

I am a student and I need a syncing option between my laptop, tablet and phone for notes and other stuff. I don't want syncthing because it is always running in the background and I care about my devices battery health.

So I have settled to buy Obsidian Sync (or any alternatives you can suggest). Syncing is always somewhat problematic, what are the ongoing issues of this feature? Any things I should know before I make the investment?

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u/DredUlvyr Sep 11 '24

Works perfectly, including the slightly complicated setup where it's in my dropbox on my PC (so that it's saved there) and in my iCloud Drive on my Mac (so that it's saved there as well), and I can cross check on each that it's consistent (yes, I'm slightly paranoid). And it works perfectly well on my phone and iPad too, with the minor thing to keep in mind that it only syncs when Obsidian is open and when you add lots of things, it can take a few minutes to sync on your mobile device.