Sync & backup

The vault is a folder. Sync and backup are problems any folder already has a solution for. Atomus doesn't ship its own cloud. It just works with whatever filesystem you give it.

Sync across Macs

Drop your vault into iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or any folder-sync tool. The raw files flow between your machines. Atomus on each Mac watches its local copy and stays in sync with whatever the filesystem shows it.

• iCloud Drive is the easiest path if both your Macs are signed into the same Apple ID.
• Dropbox or Google Drive work too. Anything that treats a folder as a folder.

The atoms.db file is encrypted, so even a cloud provider that could peek at your synced files can't read your atoms.

Conflicts

If you capture on two Macs at once and one of them is offline, the sync tool ends up with a conflicted file (iCloud calls it a "conflicted copy", Dropbox appends ".conflict"). When Atomus sees one, it keeps both versions and shows a small chooser in the menu bar icon. You pick the version you want to keep.

For atoms.db, the database is synced as a whole. Conflicts on the database are rarer than on notes, but if one happens, Atomus uses the newer copy and preserves the older as a timestamped backup in the vault.

To reduce conflicts, use one Mac at a time, or pick a sync tool with stronger conflict resolution than cloud storage typically offers.

Backup

Time Machine, or any tool that backs up your home folder, will pick up the vault along with everything else. Nothing special needed.

If you want an extra independent copy, zip the folder and drop it somewhere safe. The vault is a standalone thing. Nothing else needs to come with it.