| ▲ | turing_complete 3 days ago | |
I just started using Obsidian. What is the best way to use Obsidian both on your phone as well as your PC/laptop? I use it within git and google drive. How can I sync it most easily to my phone as well? | ||
| ▲ | eddythompson80 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
Obsidian has a git plugin that works on all platforms I tried it on (Windows, Linux, Mac and iOS). So I just have a private repo that syncs all the devices through git. For iOS, the "hard" part is getting the initial git clone, but after that whenever you open the app you can pull/push any changes or set it to automatically do that on a schedule. To setup a git repo on an iOS device you need iSH[1] but you can delete it the initial `git clone`. The plugin can handle it from there. Make sure to use https and a token that doesn't expire as part of your git clone url. Here is a guide[2] The only thing to keep in mind is to have a .gitignore that excludes some of .json config files in .obsidian folder as they often cause conflicts. I exclude workspace.json and workspace-mobile.json which just define what tabs you have open on a given device so I think it makes sense to keep that device specific and not commit it. [1] https://ish.app/ [2] https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-sync-with-git-on-ios-for-... | ||
| ▲ | oxcabe 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Obsidian Sync is the best way, as others commented. If you're just trying it out and you use Apple devices, you can also save the Vault in the iCloud Drive, which is what I used to do at the beginning. | ||
| ▲ | TheFreim 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I use Syncthing to sync between multiple devices, it works without issue. You could also pay for Obsidian Sync. This has the added benefit of being officially supported and it funds the development of the software. | ||
| ▲ | DavideNL 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Obsidian Sync: https://obsidian.md/sync | ||
| ▲ | bryanhogan 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I'm using Google Drive to sync between my Windows laptop and desktop, and Android phone. It works very well. In general you can use many cloud provider, SyncThing Fork or GitHub. I wrote about all these options in more detail here: https://bryanhogan.com/blog/how-to-sync-obsidian The easiest way to sync would be with the official Obsidian subscription, which costs the most amount of money from the options mentioned here. | ||
| ▲ | skarlso 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
By using their Sync subscription feature. | ||