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Posted by Rausch
Dec 21, 2022 at 06:33 PM
The enthusiasm for Obsidian here is encouraging - I am a new convert to it.
But I have a question: once you use Obsidian Sync how to get direct access to your files?
I am using Dropbox at the moment and it works fine, but O Sync has advantages, but not if my content is not available to me outside of Obsidian. Obsidian Help files are silent on this.
Thank, R
Posted by steveylang
Jan 3, 2023 at 09:16 PM
I am pretty certain that your vault stays local on your device(s), Obsidian Sync creates a remote vault (with versioning) to synchronize changes across all your local vaults:
https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian+Sync/Local+and+remote+vaults
“Obsidian stores your notes in a local vault on your computer. If you want to access your notes from other devices, you need to share your local vault with those devices.
Obsidian Sync makes this easier by letting you synchronize your local vault with a remote vault that lives on Obsidian’s servers.
You can connect multiple local vaults to your remote vault. When you make a change to a local vault, that change is saved to the connected remote vault. Your change is then synced across all the local vaults you’ve connected to that remote vault.”
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 4, 2023 at 08:32 AM
Ditto. All desktop versions of Obsidian include a context menu option to “View in Finder/Explorer”, meaning you can open your files directly in your local file manager and process them as you wish.
steveylang wrote:
I am pretty certain that your vault stays local on your device(s),
>Obsidian Sync creates a remote vault (with versioning) to synchronize
>changes across all your local vaults:
>
>https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian+Sync/Local+and+remote+vaults
>
>“Obsidian stores your notes in a local vault on your computer. If you
>want to access your notes from other devices, you need to share your
>local vault with those devices.
>Obsidian Sync makes this easier by letting you synchronize your local
>vault with a remote vault that lives on Obsidian’s servers.
>You can connect multiple local vaults to your remote vault. When you
>make a change to a local vault, that change is saved to the connected
>remote vault. Your change is then synced across all the local vaults
>you’ve connected to that remote vault.”
>
Posted by Paul Korm
Jan 7, 2023 at 11:51 AM
As mentioned above, all files are local and not locked into a database. Always.
Core Obsidian is free for non-commercial use. Obsidian Sync is an add-on with an annual fee. Not cheap, by the way. There are alternatives, including syncing via a GitHub repo. The three Obsidian forums have numerous posts on how to set up these sync approaches. There are is a Discord channel for Obsidian, a Discourse forum that is the “official” forum, and a Reddit forum.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 9, 2023 at 02:39 PM
I sync via iCloud, so far without any issues (indeed, at the moment, Obsidian syncs more reliably than Apple’s own Notes product, which is somewhat disconcerting! Even though it’s using the inferior “file” sync and not the deep-layer “database” sync).
But I’m thinking of trying out OneDrive, simply so I can use it across all platforms (I still use an Android smartphone as a micro-typing platform, as mentioned elsewhere, and it would be jolly useful to have access to my Obsidian vaults). Also, I’m a Ionos HiDrive user, and that appears to be multi-platform too.
Cheers!
Bill
Paul Korm wrote:
As mentioned above, all files are local and not locked into a database.
>Always.
>
>Core Obsidian is free for non-commercial use. Obsidian Sync is an
>add-on with an annual fee. Not cheap, by the way. There are
>alternatives, including syncing via a GitHub repo. The three Obsidian
>forums have numerous posts on how to set up these sync approaches.
>There are is a Discord channel for Obsidian, a Discourse forum that is
>the “official” forum, and a Reddit forum.
>
>