iCloud disabled for Obsidian?

[janpeeters]

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Platform

[x] iOS
[ ] Android

Obsidian Mobile version: v0.0.17

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I have searched the forums for an explanation but couldn’t find one.
Sorry if this has been covered before.

Until last week I had no problem using my previously (on iOS) created iCloud vault on both Mac and iOS. This week I started noticing that I couldn’t drag files from my desktop to my Obsidian vault on the macOS iCloud drive in the Finder. I thought it could be a rights issues so I checked and tried to fix that but it didn’t solve it.

I decided to backup my vault and create a new one via the mobile app. The app stated “You cannot access or create vaults in iCloud because it’s disabled for Obsidian”. I didn’t see this before so I’d love to understand why this is?

This makes it currently impossible for me to use/test the beta since I can’t access my notes anymore. Is this something that will be available again in the near future? I really hope so, I contributed to be a supporter, but I don’t have the means to purchase a sync subscription.

Thanks for any clarification.

[Licat]

That error message only shows up when your iOS device has blocked Obsidian from using iCloud. You can change the setting from iOS’s system settings app > Your Apple ID > iCloud > Make sure that “iCloud Drive” and “Obsidian” are both turned on.

[janpeeters]

Thanks @licat, that’s a relief.

Last question… do you know why it’s not possible to drag files on macOS into the iCloud folder that is created on iOS? I noticed I can copy/paste but not drag/drop.

[Licat]

Yes it’s an ongoing bug with iOS that we still haven’t found a resolution yet. See [Bug] Drag-n-Drop to iCloud folder on Mac - #5 by Daveb08