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  • Re: iCloud sync

    From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 30 17:43:29 2024
    Am 30.07.24 um 17:18 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    On 30 Jul 2024, David Kennedy wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On 30/07/2024 07:49, David Kennedy wrote:
    Is it possible to sync a folder with a second folder in iCloud?

    i.e. folder 1 on my local drive (macbook) syncs it's contents with folder 2 on
    iCloud?

    Why not make folder 1 an alias of folder 2?

    That was my thought too. But I understand David that the other
    possibility to store everything in iCloud and always access there feels
    a bit awkward. I do not do that either.

    My internet provider has a cloud product that allows real syncing of
    local folders. Perhaps David could do some research into a similar
    product by a trusted provider. For me Dropbox is not one of them. They
    had too many incidents already.

    MST

    Jörg

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  • From Martin S Taylor@21:1/5 to David Kennedy on Tue Jul 30 16:18:53 2024
    On 30 Jul 2024, David Kennedy wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On 30/07/2024 07:49, David Kennedy wrote:
    Is it possible to sync a folder with a second folder in iCloud?

    i.e. folder 1 on my local drive (macbook) syncs it's contents with folder 2 on
    iCloud?

    Why not make folder 1 an alias of folder 2?

    MST

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Chris on Wed Jul 31 07:12:07 2024
    On 2024-07-31, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
    David Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 30/07/2024 16:43, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
    Am 30.07.24 um 17:18 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    On 30 Jul 2024, David Kennedy wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On 30/07/2024 07:49, David Kennedy wrote:
    Is it possible to sync a folder with a second folder in iCloud?

    i.e. folder 1 on my local drive (macbook) syncs it's contents with folder 2 on
    iCloud?

    Why not make folder 1 an alias of folder 2?

    That was my thought too. But I understand David that the other possibility to
    store everything in iCloud and always access there feels a bit awkward. I do
    not do that either.

    My internet provider has a cloud product that allows real syncing of local >>> folders. Perhaps David could do some research into a similar product by a >>> trusted provider. For me Dropbox is not one of them. They had too many
    incidents already.

    MST

    Jörg

    It's a set of files that I keep on the macbook that it would be handy to
    access via iCloud but not essential.
    I couldn't see how to do it - other than an alias - but figured that if it >> was, someone here would have done it.

    Call me slow, but I don't grasp the problem here? Put your folder that
    needs syncing in the iCloud folder hierarchy. Job done?

    Won't it sync to local storage anyway?

    ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs

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  • From Graham J@21:1/5 to David Kennedy on Wed Jul 31 09:42:35 2024
    David Kennedy wrote:

    [snip]

    I'm reluctant to put the master in the cloud...

    (please don't ask why)

    Sadly, I think this is the way most cloud synchronisation mechanisms
    work. The master copy is held in the cloud, and is potentially
    available to any computer with an internet connection and the correct
    access credentials. Your computer then has a local cache, which
    contains some or all of the files (may depend on how you set it up). So
    if your computer is disconnected from the internet, it potentially has
    all your files. Any changes you make are flushed from the cache to the
    cloud when you reconnect.

    Clearly creates admin problems if you make changes from more than one
    computer.

    If your computer breaks your files are safe in the cloud.

    If you get into a fight with your cloud provider you could lose all your
    files, because the provider may wipe your local cache before you become
    aware of the problem.

    If you want to keep the master copy locally, then you probably have to
    set up a backup service in the cloud which you control.


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    Graham J

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 31 10:46:29 2024
    Am 31.07.24 um 09:32 schrieb David Kennedy:
    I'm reluctant to put the master in the cloud...

    That was my remark in my first posting. I wouldn't do it either. Be
    careful with your most important data. If you do it use at least the E2E-encryption Apple offers.

    (please don't ask why)

    I won't. Here the reason being the total mistrust towards all
    5-eyes-countries and major tech companies in/of these countries.


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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to David Kennedy on Wed Jul 31 13:51:31 2024
    On 31.07.24 12:30, David Kennedy wrote:
    On 31/07/2024 09:46, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
    Am 31.07.24 um 09:32 schrieb David Kennedy:
    I'm reluctant to put the master in the cloud...

    That was my remark in my first posting. I wouldn't do it either. Be careful >> with your most important data.  If you do it use at least the E2E-encryption
    Apple offers.

    (please don't ask why)

    I won't. Here the reason being the total mistrust towards all 5-eyes-countries
    and major tech companies in/of these countries.


    Something like that taken together with my distrust of the people accessing said documents who could (purely accidentally of course) screw things up for me. I'd like the masters to remain safe...

    +1

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 31 12:46:54 2024
    On 30 Jul 2024 at 07:49:28 BST, "David Kennedy"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is it possible to sync a folder with a second folder in iCloud?

    Folder Actions?

    A slightly simplified form of this might do the trick: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/345677/automator-folder-action-workflow-to-copy-a-file-to-one-folder-and-then-move-it-t

    As far as I can tell there's not a managed way to trigger on updated
    files though, rather than new ones dropped in.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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    None of this will matter in 20 billion years.

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