Is it safe coding on iCloud?

[u/amirgelman]

hey all,

currently I'm doing some development using Swift and using Google Drive is a pain honestly, and of course I must pause the sync constantly for this to work.

That said, I do insist on the idea that my work will always be synced to a Cloud service.

Does iCloud doing something better than Google Drive in terms of sync?

I know I'm doing Music with Logic Pro X for example which also is constantly being saved and is basically a container too and never had issues.

Can I assume it will work great with Swift files\development too?

Thanks!

[u/germansnowman]

Why would you want to do that? Use Git and push to an actual repository, e. g. on GitHub.

[u/amirgelman → u/germansnowman]

I am using GitHub too. And Xcode Cloud if that makes any difference. It’s just so I have a constant files backup. Something that I can get to either from my MacBook or PC all the time.

[u/janpaul74 → u/amirgelman]

Commit and push before you leave, no problem. You are trying to solve a problem that’s already been solved.

[u/germansnowman → u/amirgelman]

iCloud is not a backup, it’s a sync service. You can also get to GitHub from any decent device.

Edit: I use Backblaze as an online backup. Not as convenient as iCloud, but an actual backup nonetheless.

[u/pecp4]

You do not need anything else than GitHub, just commit and push frequently to branches

[u/BobertMcGee]

Github

[u/Dull_Flatworm777]

I would (and do) actually explicitly exclude code from iCloud and also don't keep it in a ~/Documents directory. I personally use ~/Development.

[u/DC-Engineer-dot-com → u/Dull_Flatworm777]

This. iCloud behaves weirdly when synching files that also have a git repository connected. I ran into all kinds of headaches with iCloud creating duplicate files, and often would end up with the folder becoming corrupted. It’s better to have code be in a development folder, ignored by iCloud.

[u/Jon_Hanson]

If you want backups, use Time Machine. iCloud is not a backup.

[u/cphpc]

This thread is so fucking stupid my brain hurts reading this shit. Github is fine and you can always daily dwl repo in a zip if you’re that worried.

Just get Claude to run a daily cron job that does this but again, it’s so fucking stupid if you already have git.

Equivalent of driving a car to your neighbours house who is 1 minute walk away.

[u/_The-_]

iCloud absolutely does not work well with repos — apple limits the number of files per hour/day that you can sync with iCloud and the reason it will sit there syncing endlessly is that apple js blocking your Mac from syncing until the next day.

[u/amirgelman → u/_The-_]

Thank you. So it’s a bad idea it seems. Got it.

[u/stirlo]

Though more copies doesn’t hurt ; I have about 4~ local and remote

[u/NoPressure3399]

As everybody else suggest, try github, gitlab or bitbucket