Obsidian Sync is great
I was going to title this post Obsidian Sync is worth it. But I don't know what four bucks a month means to you. I can't say what's worth what to other people.
But I can say that Obsidian Sync is great! Here are some reasons:
It's fast.
I wanted to sync my laptop before catching a flight this morning. I opened my laptop, switched to my already-running Obsidian window, and saw that the little sync icon was already a green checkmark indicating a full sync. "That can't be right," I thought, since the laptop had been awake for just a few seconds. Which brings me to....
It has logs.
I clicked the sync icon and then Activity log to investigate. Sure enough, the logs confirmed that the latest files I'd changed on my Mac Mini had already sync'd to the laptop. Fantastic.
It works on iOS, iPadOS, and Android.
And I'm gonna invoke the j-word here: it just works on all those things.
It has version history.
Each file gets its own history, which you can navigate in the UI. That rocks. 🤘
It's cheap.
Getting back to the $4 thing. That's cheap to me, especially for something that works so well and that I get so much daily value from. I'm not going to say that's cheaper than a cup of coffee because that comparison has been played out. That's why I'm not going to tell you that it's cheaper than a cup of coffee.
It lets me support the team.
Obsidian has been such a great product that, at least from my eyes, has stayed true to its original vision and value prop. I bought the Catalyst License to support the team, and I hope they make a couple bucks in profit each month off my Sync subscription as well.