{"id":461,"date":"2024-08-28T01:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T00:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:41:45","slug":"how-to-sync-obsidian-across-apple-devices-and-windows-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"How to sync Obsidian across Apple devices and windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"461\" class=\"elementor elementor-461\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26df309 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26df309\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf0bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bf0bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Obsidian is my app of choice for all my notes. I try to follow the Zettelkasten note taking system where each information is recorded in a individual note called atomic note. These atomic notes are linked to other notes by links. Obsidian makes this very easy to link notes. It has a &#8216;graph&#8217; view which shows all the files with the links together as a network. Added to these, I have full access and control on my files. But I have been struggling to complete my digital note taking setup due to the following reason. I use Obsidian across my iPhone &amp; iPad, but since I use a Windows laptop, I find it difficult to sync with the laptop. Below is the option that worked which I recently found. It works seamlessly with Windows 11.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b3725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b3725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Use iCloud to sync Obsidian vault across iPhone and iPad.<\/strong> This is quite straight forward, just create a folder in the iCloud folder and use it as the Obsidian vault. Any device that syncs with the same apple id will be able to access the common vault.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541cfd4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"541cfd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Syncing Obsidian with the Windows Laptop using iCloud for windows<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Download and install the iCloud app on the Windows Laptop from the Microsoft Store.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fee90f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2fee90f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220222-300x280.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-463\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220222-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220222.png 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef07e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef07e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Once installed, log into the iCloud app with the same apple id used in the iPhone and iPad.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cac33e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cac33e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In the iCloud app, toggle the iCloud drive option to On. Allow any permissions as required.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a82f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59a82f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220946-300x268.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-466\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220946-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220946-768x686.png 768w, https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827220946.png 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305da61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"305da61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In windows explorer iCloud will show up as a network drive. All the files and folders in iCloud will sync in this folder both ways. If any change is made in any of the device, it will update in the others.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def3391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"def3391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Install Obsidian<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c48b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c48b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In Obsidian, Open folder as vault<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0758d4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0758d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827222238-288x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-464\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827222238-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/hemangadutta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pasted-image-20240827222238.png 541w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5963446 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5963446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"has-list-bullet\"><li dir=\"auto\" data-line=\"8\">Browse to iCloud, and select the relevant folder inside the Obsidian folder as vault.<\/li><li dir=\"auto\" data-line=\"9\">The files will be accessible, and sync both ways now<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obsidian is my app of choice for all my notes. 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