After my post Initial Thoughts On Journelly, in which I recounted how I’m using Álvaro Ramírez’s Journelly app, Bren Smith asked me to share my configuration for sharing files between my iOS devices and my Mac. If you’re an Emacs user and want to enjoy the full power of Journelly, it’s important to be able to share the files between your iOS devices and your Macs.
The thing is, it’s so easy that it didn’t occur to me an explanation was needed. By default, Journelly keeps all its files locally on your phone or other iOS device but it’s possible to store them in the iCloud or, really, anywhere that’s reachable from your Mac and your iPhone/iPad. If you click on the three dots at the upper right of the Journelly screen and then choose Storage → iCloud Drive, Journelly will allow you to store your files in the iCloud. From there you can easily access them from your Mac.
Apple’s default location for storing the files is a long and complex file spec so you’ll probably want to set a symbolic link to it so that it’s easy to access from the Mac. Once you’ve done that, it’s easy to bring up the Journelly file in the usual way from Emacs or any other app.
It’s also possible to put the files somewhere else in the iCloud by using the Storage → Other… option. I did this so I wouldn’t have to navigate the complex file spec but in the end, it turned out to be easier to just set a symbolic link so I recommend you just use the Storage → iCloud Drive option. On the other hand, I think, but haven’t verified, that you can use Storage → Other… to store the files anywhere you like but I don’t know the details.
The other thing to keep in mind is that Journelly is still in beta so any or all of this could change. Still, I’ve been using this setup every day without any problems.