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Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely

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alanbernstein ◴[17 Aug 24 18:03 UTC] No.41276544[source]▶
I realize this is a dumb question, but what's a good way to do this between an iPhone and a MacBook? Airdrop is disabled (by policy), iCloud storage is full (because I'm lazy), and I use syncthing on every other device, but I haven't found a client I can use on my work iPhone.
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tamimio ◴[17 Aug 24 18:04 UTC] No.41276563[source]▶
Mobius Sync. Works like a charm.
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keb_ ◴[17 Aug 24 18:07 UTC] No.41276592[source]▶
Möbius Sync doesn't sync in the background; you must have the app in the foreground for it to function. So, not quite a proper substitute for Syncthing, but may work for OPs usecase.
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Tomte ◴[17 Aug 24 18:20 UTC] No.41276676[source]▶
Of course it syncs in the background. It‘s just not instantaneous, because iOS severely limits what you can do in the background.
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1. keb_ ◴[19 Aug 24 01:20 UTC] No.41286990[source]▶
Weird -- at least when I tried it, I couldn't get it to work in the background. Maybe it was working, but not reliably?