u/skeptic246

As an Apple device user who’s been testing many cloud sync services in the hope of being able edit a file on my iPhone, I’ve been sorely disappointed up until now.

I run 2 versions of every active file in offline mode, one in iCloud and one in the service under test

I’m very happy to report Filen is the holy grail I’ve been looking for. In fact it actually syncs the edited file faster than iCloud.

Time to move from monthly to annual subscription

I’ve been with ProtonDrive for several years but since they broke their iOS integration I’ve looked at alternatives which work on all Apple devices, I switched to Mega as it appeared to work during trial period testing.
Editing Mega sync files on the iOS for me has inconsistent saving, thus making Mega Sync useless.
Thus I’m using iCloud for active files, are the purported benefits of Mega or ProtonDrive better than using iCloud with ADP enabled?

Whilst on home WiFi, editing my Mega sync files on my iPhone with Numbers is very temperamental with them mostly not updating.

Whilst away from the home using mobile data, there’s no issues editing the same files.

Are there any router settings I should adjust to enable WiFi editing?

I’m migrating from Proton drive and saw a post on here querying the point of backups, does the following make sense?
Due to Mac limitations as I understand it. you cannot have the sync folder on an external drive. As Proton combines both sync and cloud then everything had to be on the internal drive.
Mega has sync and backup as separate functions, so the sync folder remains on the internal drive however now I think you can use an external drive as a storage for files I’m unlikely to edit, media in particular.
Im planning to then set the external drive as a Mega backup source and CarbonCopyCloner can copy the sync folder into the external drive and also create an offline airgap copy of all files from the external drive onto a second external drive.
Does this make sense?

I’ve just come from my doctor having successfully negotiated me stopping taking low dose 10mg Statins after requesting a lipid statin baseline.

As per the Cholesterol Myth book which I’m reading at the moment, my Triglyceride/HDL ratio was about 1, 1.28/1.08.
However doc obsessing over Cholesterol/HDL ratio which was about 4.35. He thinks I’ll die without statins and I’m getting lipids redone in 2 months if I make it that long😁.

Currently my Keto diet is about equal protein to fat percentage with under 10% being carbs on about 2K calories per day, age 55 male and losing weight slowly,

Any advice on how to deal with the doctor and is Cholesterol/HDL a ratio to focus on more than the Tri/HDL ratio

On holiday visited a JD Gym earlier in the week for the first time, doing wide grip lat pulldowns I managed to reach about 80kg. Today same gym, only managed 40kg.

Looking at the machine setup, it had the option of using a bar to link 2 pulleys and thus I’m guessing reduce the lift effort. Today, I only used 1 pulley but I’m guessing the previous exercise must have been setup to use both pulleys.

What is the point/benefit of using a double pulley setup if it appears to distort your actual weight pulled?

When I’m home I work a weekly routine of upper, lower, rest, upper, lower, 2 days rest in my home dumbbell gym, basically to keep each routine to around an hour.

As I’m travelling I bought a day pass to a local gym and did my custom upper machine focused workout, tomorrow will be lower at the same gym.

I’ve just realised I could save money by doing both upper and lower on the same day, a downside perhaps would be increased rest days.

Is there an issue other than session duration to doing this?