> :warning: To prevent data loss make sure you understand how `rclone sync` and `rclone copy` work.

# How to sync Obsidian Notes on iOS

1. Download iSH from the AppStore

2. Open iSH and install `rclone` and `nano` with the following command:

```
apk add rclone nano
```

3. Create a new remote using 

```
rclone config
```

4. Open your `.profile` file to add the `push` and `pull` commands

```
nano ~/.profile
```

5. Add the following lines to your profile

```sh

pull() {
    rclone sync -P "REMOTE_NAME:NOTES_PATH" ~/Notes
}

push() {
    rclone copy -P ~/Notes "REMOTE_NAME:NOTES_PATH"
}
```

6. Create a directory to mount your notes on iSH

```
mkdir ~/Notes
```

7. Mount the Obsidian folder on iOS to the iSH app. After running the following command a file selection dialog will appear, select your local Obsidian vault.

```
mount -t ios . ~/Notes
```

8. Restart the shell by quitting the iSH app or executing `exit`.

9. Run `pull` to sync the notes from your remote machine to the iOS device. Run `push` to upload the files on the iOS device to the remote machine.

## Notes
Note that the `pull` command will perform an `rclone sync` action instead of an `rclone copy`. An `rclone sync` will make the iOS vault identical to the remote, this means that it will delete any file on the local vault that is not present on the remote.