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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by sandreas on Saturday July 19, 2025 @05:02PM (#44619370)
I use syncthing... it's great for that purpose, Android is not officially supported but there is a fork, that works fine. Maybe you want to combine it with either ente.io or immich (also available for self-hosted) for photo backup.

I would also distinguish between documents (like PDF and TIFF) and photos - there is also paperless ngx.

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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by bravesoul2 on Saturday July 19, 2025 @06:09PM (#44619882)
Isn't that like a Dropbox approach? If you have 2tb photos this means you need 2tb storage on everything?
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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by setopt on Saturday July 19, 2025 @05:20PM (#44619524)
I like Syncthing but it’s not a great option on iOS.
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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by sandreas on Saturday July 19, 2025 @05:32PM (#44619631)
What about Möbius Sync?

https://mobiussync.com/

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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by baby_souffle on Saturday July 19, 2025 @06:28PM (#44620021)
It's an option... But still beholden to the arbitrary restriction apple has on data access.
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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by msh on Sunday July 20, 2025 @01:48AM (#44622315)
Synctrain is better, and free
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Re:Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scr... by setopt on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @04:19AM (#44656888)
Now that’s interesting, thanks for sharing. Link: https://apps.apple.com/no/app/synctrain/id6553985316

I’ve tried Möbius before but wasn’t happy with it. Ended up switching to Resilio Sync (proprietary, one-time purchase) some years ago; the iOS client was better, it synced faster, and it was better at working around NAT/FW issues.

But I recently tried Syncthing again, and it seems to have mostly catches up except for the iOS client.

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