# Leo's use of Syncthing on Synology

**URL:** <https://www.twit.community/t/leos-use-of-syncthing-on-synology/15116>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 9, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/leos-use-of-syncthing-on-synology/15116 "2023-08-09T18:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![apastuszak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@apastuszak](https://www.twit.community/u/apastuszak)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/leos-use-of-syncthing-on-synology/15116/1 "2023-08-09T18:25:12Z")

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@Leo mentioned on SecurityNow that he has Syncthing installed on his Synology NAS and sync between his NAS and various devices.

I’m curious what solution you’re using for iOS devices? I don’t need all my files to sync to my IOS devices, but I need to see them and be able to download files “on demand” to import into certain apps.

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**Author:** ![EPZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@EPZ](https://www.twit.community/u/EPZ)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/leos-use-of-syncthing-on-synology/15116/2 "2023-12-06T01:33:59Z")

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I also use Syncthing to backup files from my desktops to my NAS. It’s a one-way sync. For iOS there’s a Syncthing app but I haven’t investigated cause I don’t need a full server sync to my phone. Instead I just use the Synology Drive iOS app to manually pull files off my NAS via the LAN. No WAN access. I refuse to put my NAS on the net.

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**Author:** ![apastuszak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@apastuszak](https://www.twit.community/u/apastuszak)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/leos-use-of-syncthing-on-synology/15116/3 "2023-12-12T01:25:17Z")

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The iOS app is not very good. It does the best it can within the limitations of iOS.

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**Author:** ![EPZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@EPZ](https://www.twit.community/u/EPZ)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/leos-use-of-syncthing-on-synology/15116/4 "2023-12-12T02:04:22Z")

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Yeah but like I said I don’t need to mass sync to my phone. I’m just pull down like ONE file at a time… like my KeePass DB once a month, or an XLS balance sheet, or some random PDF. I’m not pulling down TB’s of \*.jpgs to my phone. I basically just use their app as a file manger. Everything else is saved w/ E2EE in iCloud using Apple’s Advanced Data Protection with FIDO2/U2F hardware keys for 2FA