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Has anyone tried this? I'd like to be able to have something that can sync files between my desktop and phone.

Originally I used Syncthing, until (IIRC) an update to the Syncthing-fork android app messed up all my settings and made me angry enough to ditch it. Then came Filen, which started off well, and it still going well, but doesn't yet have the ability to sync to phone. The feature is promised for the future, but I'd really like to have it now . . .

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[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been using Koofr since... 2019, I guess? No problems with it. Support if quite responsive as well. I also use a managed Nextcloud instance on Hetzner (Storage Share), 1 TB for some 5 euros/month. It works fine. Both should work fine for you. Anyway, Koofr offers 10 GB for free. Just try it for a bit and decide if it's ok for you.

[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Giving it a try; a little confused about syncing. I guess there's regular syncing and then the vault, which can't be synced to? So does that mean that regular syncing isn't encrypted in transit and at rest? Kind of out of my depth here . . .

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I think regular sync is encrypted in transit, not sure if at rest. Anyway, they have a clear privacy policy. I didn't bother with encryption, as I have mostly non-sensitive and extremely boring work stuff there.

I'm not sure if vault (for wich Koof itself has an app by on f-droid, btw) allows for continuous sync.

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you, didn't know... Will try seems nice