![]() Additionally, even though Obsidian has its own File Recovery plugin, you could look into setting up file versioning on Syncthing as an “extra backup”. You should see all your notes synced to your Android device.Īny edits made on the Obsidian Android app will also be synced to the desktop. Once the sync is done, go to the Obsidian app on Android and open the synced folder as a vault. You can check the sync status in the Syncthing Android app. Once it’s setup, the initial sync shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes unless you have a lot of images. Save your folder’s settings and your sync is setup. In case you do not receive a notification, from the hamburger menu in the app, go to the Web GUI and you should see a prompt about the share. You will need to select the empty folder that you created on Android to “receive” the notes. Tap the notification and set up the folder-sync. When you Save, you should see a notification on your Android that your PC wants to share the folder with you Syncthing on Android – Folder share notification You’ll see your Android device listed here. On the PC’s Syncthing GUI, click on the obsidian-notes folder and click the Edit button. On your Android, create an empty folder that will act as the sync folder for your notes. We can now share the notes folder from the PC to Android. Add Android device to Syncthingīoth the devices are now added to each other. On your PC’s Syncthing GUI, click the Add Remote Device button. ![]() Get the device ID on Syncthing for Android Get the device ID on the Android app from the hamburger menu > Show Device ID. You now need to add your Android device’s ID to your PC. You’ll see an option to scan the QR code of your PC and add the device. On the Android app, go to the Devices tab and tap the Add Device icon. On your PC, go to the Actions menu (top-right) and click Show ID. The battery permission is required to make sure that sync can happen in the background without having to reopen the app to sync. Grant the required permissions for file access and battery optimization. Install the Syncthing-Fork app on Android. Next, we need to add the two devices (PC & Android) to each other. In this example, I’ve labelled the folder as obsidian-notes. The folder we want to share is now setup. Set up permissions for Obsidian folder on Syncthing Also uncheck the other options under the Ownership and Extended Attributes sections. Make sure that the Ignore Permissions option is selected. In the same dialog box, go to the Advanced tab. Select the location of the Obsidian notes folder on your computer Set up the path to the Obsidian folder In the GUI, click the Add Folder button Add Obsidian folder to Syncthing Installing it as a desktop software instead of a web app mainly gives us a tray-icon to access and manage synced folders and view the sync status.įrom the Syncthing Downloads page, get and install Synctrayzor for Windows or syncthing-macos for Mac. For easier management, we will install it is a desktop app that’s integrated with the OS. Syncthing is a browser-based application by default.
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