Option to Mirror Vault to Folder in "On my iPad"

[emillienemann]

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Summary

Mirror Vault contents to "On my iPad"

Motivation

Giving the user the option to mirror a vault to a folder in "On my iPad" would allow Folder access without forcing NSExtensionFileProviderSupportsPickingFolders, therefore not requiring all files to be saved locally for everyone.

Considered Alternatives

The obvious alternatives would be to use NSExtensionFileProviderSupportsPickingFolders, but this would come with numerous disadvantages. (#48)

Anything else?

"Möbius Sync", the inofficial iOS SyncThing client saves files in a local folder, allowing better file access compared to the broken implementation of NSExtensionFileProviderSupportsPickingFolders apps like Resilio Sync use. (#47)

[tobihagemann]

Thank you for your feature request! I understand your motivation and it sounds like a technical solution that should work. However, I'm concerned with the usability aspect. I don't think that most people would really understand why there is a "Mirror Vault" option. It feels like a workaround and would add complexity.

[serranomorante]

This limitation is killing me 😭 This would add so much value to cryptomator!

[serranomorante]

Thanks to this issue I started to use Syncthing only to sync my markdown notes between PC and iOS. Sadly Syncthing doesn't support end to end encryption. For now I can take the risk.

[Cassian-Andor]

I won't pretend this issue affects everybody, but it seriously undermines Cryptomator on iOS. I'm talking about the infamous NSExtensionFileProviderSupportsPickingFolders.

Since the authors' stance on this is "won't touch NSExtensionFileProviderSupportsPickingFolders", I agree at least a mirror vault would be good to have (possibly also published as a shortcuts action).

[mschmnet]

As @Cassian-Andor said: wouldn't it be possible to add a few more shortcuts options to allow listing the content of a folder from the Cryptomator vault and to copy files to a local destination?

That sounds like a good compromise, does't it?

For me this limitation makes Cryptomator almost useless in ios, because I can only open single files or manually copy whole folders every time to the local storage. Syncing back should be already possible with the "get folder" and the "save file" shortcuts actions.

Do you want me to open a extra issue for this, since the solution is a little different than the originally proposed in this ticket?

Thank you in advance.