I’m using obsidian on my windows desktop, iPhone, and iPad, using vaults that are GitHub repos and using working Copy to sync them. It’s been working great for a couple of weeks. Now all of a sudden it’s stopped synching, first on my iPad and later this afternoon on my iPhone.
Things I have tried
After searching for working copy, sync, iOS on this forum and googling the issue, I tried the following.
I checked and Working Copy is still properly synching with my GH repo — I can see the changes to the files (yay using md files!).
I tried force quitting Obsidian; no joy. I called restarted my iPhone; still no joy.
From settings, files and links, rebuild vault cache; no joy.
Now on the iPhone, when I look at working copy on my iPhone, I’m getting a sync error: ‘the file or directory “chef-Anders” couldn’t be open because there is no such file directory. But in the Files app I can see the directory, and when I take a look at the files it’s clear that they are properly syncing; Quick Look shows the update from the repo, it’s just not showing up in Obsidian.
I double checked the instructions I followed to create the original sync connection, and I can’t figure out from them to check it status or modify it.
I can only think of one thing but I fail to see how that would happen if you use a paid version of the app (do you?).
When Obsidian is updated, there is a new UUID added to the folder of the app (you cannot see this in FIles, only in jailbroken mode in Filza) so if the linking from the WC app is severed and if you re-pulled the remote without being aware, you’d have two vaults based on the first link but, well… Obsidian update would delete the old UUID folder…
Not clear to me and actually I do not remember anymore how to link to Obsidian sandbox folder from paid WC.
If I said I’d need more info that’d mean I can help, but I am not sure at all if I can.
I reckon this is about an update of Obsidian but I don’t think they have changed anything with regard to WC messing up, losing link to the sandboxed Obsidian folder.
At this point, from your lines, saying
I gather you are quite new to this, but I don’t know if this is a user mishap or something you have no control of.
Try to pick a filename that is unique and search Spotlight (if it’s still a thing, I do not know). You may have your files in a different directory.
At a last resort, move your modified files (if you have uncommited changes) to a temp folder (all your vault), remove the links from WC (to Obsidan but check the proper paths) and re-link again and pull from the remote, and copy back from the temp folder to the re-linked sandbox folder and check WC to see if you see the uncommitted changes and commit+push.
It’d be best if a current WC user could help, but they are not easy to get a hold of here.
Is there a better way to do this on iOS? I’m not wedded to WC. I thought I’d read that the other options for syncing with GH weren’t as reliable, but maybe I was mistaken
Thanks! If I’m reading you correctly, it sounds like the best thing to do at this point is to go for the page version of obsidian, let it handle the syncing between my devices, and then sync my desktop version with my GH repo as my backup (if I still want to).
If that’s the best/easiest way to go, I’m happy to pay for it. Now that I’ve been using it for a few weeks, I’ve fallen in love with it, and helping to support its development is a good thing. I had a major health incident this fall, and obsidian is making it SO much easier & faster to revamp how I cook and fundamentally change my diet. It may literally help in saving my life!
Also looks like I should pay for catalyst as a way of helping to support it.
