Sync local storage question

[maigre]

What I’m trying to do

I’m considering a Sync subscription. Reading the documentation, I gather that local files are synched to the Obsidian server using E2EE.

I use Obsidian as the primary app on my devices (Apple computer and Android phone) for notes. But sometimes, I also use other apps for those same notes. If I set up Sync for a folder containing those notes, does Sync do anything (local encryption for example) that would make those notes inaccessible to other apps that have access to that same folder?

Things I have tried

I did search for sync, local files, share. My apologies if I missed something that answers my question.

[ariehen]

Obsidian Sync is just a means of getting your files to the waypoint of the “remote vault” and out to your other devices. Your notes are still just regular files on your disk in a regular folder. I use Typora and Sublime Text on macOS and iA Writer on iOS to open files in my Obsidian vault all the time. No problems.

Your non-mobile vault(s) can be pretty much anywhere in your home directory with the caveat that they shouldn’t be kept in a sync service folder (OneDrive, etc.) or a folder watched by a sync service (often Desktop and Documents depending on your settings).

On macOS, I keep my vaults here:

.
└── Users/
    └── ME/
        └── ObsidianVaults/
            ├── Vault1
            ├── Vault2
            └── ...

On iOS they are in On My iPhone/Obsidian/{Vault1}.

I haven’t used Obsidian on Android, so you’ll have to investigate that. Hopefully someone can jump in with anything more to add.

https://help.obsidian.md/Getting+started/Sync+your+notes+across+devices#Sync+notes+on+Android

[maigre]

Thanks. That puts me at ease. I use Typora and Sublime Text, too. Via your link, I see that Sync seems to want to use /Documents/Obsidian/ on Android. That would require a minor change on my part, but one that’s easy enough to implement.