Sync issues when using VPN
@ctietze, I have been having sync issues for at least two months and was finally able to isolate the problem to TA.
Here's my setup:
- MBP (10.13.6)
- iPhone 6s (12.4)
- iPad Air (12.4)
- Mac Mini (10.12)
- TA on MBP/Mac Mini
- 1Writer is my primary writing App on iOS
- NordVPN on all devices
- iCloud for sync services
Issue:
- Unable to sync TA/1Writer across devices when NordVPN is active. No problem syncing when NordVPN is deactivated.
Submitted a ticket to NordVPN but decided to do further testing and discovered that I am able to sync to the TA iCloud folder when using any other writing App such as iA Writer. I have tested this on all devices and syncing works as expected with no issues.
I am unfortunately not certain when this problem began because my syncing has been a bit funky for awhile but I ignored it thinking that it was not major. It's really become a MAJOR problem over the past couple moths and is affecting my workflow.
Greatly appreciate any insights...
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Wow, that's a weird problem
First: What exactly do you see? Outdated notes in The Archive? Sync conflicts? Duplicate files?
So 1Writer receives updates on iOS just fine. I haven't used NordVPN -- is your iOS device connecting via VPN as well, or just the Mac, and the iOS stuff is on cellular?
I wonder what happens when you look at the iCloud folder in Finder. The Archive doesn't do anything fancy, it just reacts to changes to the local directory:
If the low-level iCloud file syncing works reliably and as you expect, I can investigate what The Archive is doing.
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