Not Able to Sync Through iCloud

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What I’m trying to do

I downloaded the iOS app today and wanted to sync my existing Obsidian vault (which I set up on my Mac) through iCloud. However, I keep getting the “Your iCloud vault was not detected.” error message.

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I the tried taking a different approach – setting up the vault through the iPhone app first, but found out I have no “Store in iCloud” option available in the app.

Things I have tried

  • I made sure my Obsidian vault is set up correctly (it is within an Obsidian folder in the root of my iCloud Drive) and syncs (I was able to see it from my phone, and made sure to manually Download it as well).
  • I reset my iCloud connection and also restarted my iPhone.
  • I deleted and downloaded the iPhone app gain.

I am guessing something must have been changed in the app within the last couple of days, but not sure if it’s an actual feature or a bug. As it is now, I don’t have a way to connect to my iCloud from within the app, even though everything seems to be set up correctly.

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Same problem!! I think i already saw like 100 youtube videos about how to sync but none of them works :frowning: hope someone knows

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I found a weird thing:

  • When trying to create a new vault from the opening screen, there is no “Store in iCloud” option.
  • But when I first create a vault and then delete it, I land on a different screen where I can also create a new vault and there, I do get the “Store in iCloud” option.

I was able to create the iCloud vault like this, but it seems like a bug, because I don’t think the UI should be this inconsistent, especially since it seems like quite a core functionality.

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Was the problem resolved? I just tried to setup iclould sync today, and I got the exact same message. Still struggling to find a solution.

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The only “solution” I found so far was the weird hack I described above.