2023-04-20

How to sync an Obsidian vault between MacOS desktop and iOS for free

I figured out how to do this. The key is creating a new vault on the iOS device, not on desktop, and then migrating existing content to it. Steps:

1. Say you have a non-../iCloud (Drive) vault on the MacOS desktop called ABC
2. Create a new vault called ABC on iOS's Obsidian app
3. When prompted, choose to link it to ../iCloud (Drive) (irreversible)
4. On the desktop, see the iCloud Obsidian folder ABC
5. Copy everything under desktop folder ABC including all hidden files (under .obsidian) to the new iCloud vault ABC
6. Wait a while for iCloud to sync automatically, and verify all content now appears on the iOS device's ABC Obsidian vault

#project/completed Publish this digital garden from the ../iCloud (Drive) Obsidian vault! See the result here.