Obviously, there were conflicts when I accidentally edited something in two places without syncing up. I wanted to sync my personal files between three computers, two desktops and a notebook, which don't always see each other. It's great that many HNers like Syncthing, but personally, I seriously tried it maybe two years ago and didn't have a great experience. Now, I use Google Photos to selectively share photos with others, and that's it. Once it gets too big I'll move a bunch of old stuff to backup/archive drives, but I don't expect that to happen for a while. Lack of support for Syncthing on iPhones is one major reason I stick with Android, even though there's a lot to like about the platform. ![]() Importantly, I keep local copies of everything on all of my devices, including my phone (256 GB storage plus a microSD card slot which I have yet to need). The Android app occasionally needs to be restarted manually, but that's the only problem I've had with it. I use the SyncTrayzor GUI for Windows and the Syncthing app for Android. In total, I sync more than 150 GB of files and it works almost instantly and seamlessly. Instead, I have Syncthing set to sync a half-dozen folders (Pictures, desktop, documents, audiobooks, etc.) between my phone, laptop, and desktop over the local network. Besides, none of these services (dropbox, onedrive) support ignore files, so they're constantly syncing node_modules folders, etc. I have abysmally slow home internet, so any cloud storage service simply takes too long to sync, and trying to do the first sync of 150 GB takes many weeks.
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