Any chance for Moneydance Mobile (iOS) to allow opening moneydance files from iOS Files app?
I use Mobius Sync/Synchthing to sync my files across my computers and my and my wife's iphones. The end result is we have a regular shared folder accessible from the iOS Files app -- just like you would if you're sharing a folder with Syncthing or any other service on your computer.
Currently Moneydance mobile restricts you to iCloud and DropBox sync. My suggestion is to allow Moneydance mobile to open a moneydance file stored in Files -- there are likely many apps that can handle syncing into Files as this is the standardized location for storing cross-app files on iOS. This would allow additional syncing options beyond iCloud and Dropbox for mobile devices -- just as the desktop version already has.
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Maddy on 14 Nov, 2022 01:16 PM
Hi,
Thank you for contacting Moneydance support.
Because of the way that Dropbox/iCloud (and any other shared file system) work, it is possible and even likely that storing your data file there could cause corruption in your file.
We've had customers who have stored their data file in Dropbox (or google drive, MS OneDrive, iCloud, etc) who have lost data when the shared folder behaved in a way different than a normal non-synced folder - that is out of Moneydance's control.
Systems such as Dropbox, iCloud, etc can sometimes remove the files from your computer, which, especially if Moneydance is running at the time, causes chaos because Moneydance expects a file that it writes to storage to still be there if it tries to read it again later.
We definitely understand the desire to have your data stored in the cloud, in order to have access to it everywhere and have safely-in-the-cloud copies.
What you could do instead is:
1) setting your automatic backup folder (in the Backups tab of the Moneydance 'Preferences' window) to a folder that is synced with Dropbox, and
2) Enabling syncing using the File->Syncing menu in Moneydance, even if you aren't syncing between computers or mobile devices.
Doing those two things will give you historical in-the-cloud backups, as well as an additional incrementally-synced copy of your data. Both copies of your data will be fully encrypted and are not at risk of the same corruption.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions or need more assistance.
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Maddy, Infinite Kind Support
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