Synctrain v2.0, based on Syncthing v2.0.2, has now been released on the App Store for both macOS and iOS!
In addition to upgrading to Syncthing v2, the app has received many other smaller and larger improvements. Some highlights:
- Everything should be more robust - handling of errors on startup and while transitioning between background and foreground should have been improved greatly.
- There are more options for the photo backup and photo folder subdirectory structure. Also, photo backup now only attempts to export photos that have changed (when it can determine that).
- You can now view web sites from folders - when a folder contains an index.html, it will be served over a localhost HTTPS server.
- You can now peek into ZIP archive contents and extract files remotely without downloading the full archive.
- Streaming performance has been greatly improved, with the addition of a block cache (that should prevent the app from fetching the same part of e.g. a video twice)
- There is a new app icon - the old one was AI-generated and quite a misfit, especially considering the upcoming iOS 26 visual changes. Kai Werder offered to model the icon in 3D and that lead to the new icon, hope you like it!
Thanks to all those who submitted feedback and suggestions. If you have any further ideas, please send them through TestFlight (take a screenshot and write your feedback), the Github discussions page, or my email.