iCloud Drive Sync

Your projects, in the Files app

Remote IDE stores every project in its iCloud Drive container. That means your projects show up in the Files app on iPad, iPhone, and Mac — you can browse them, copy files out, or open individual files in other editors without going through Remote IDE at all.

There's no separate sync setup, no import/export step, and no proprietary format. Your project is just a folder of files in iCloud.

• Projects visible in Files app on all your devices
• Open any file in another app directly from Files
• Access projects from your Mac via iCloud Drive folder
• Works with any iCloud storage plan

Edit on iPad, continue on Mac

Start a project on your iPad, push it to a server, then open the same local folder on your Mac and continue in VS Code. Or go the other direction: edit on your Mac, let iCloud sync the changes, and pick up on iPad. The workflow goes both ways.

Because the files are plain iCloud documents, any editor on any platform can read and write them. No special app needed on the Mac side.

• Seamless hand-off between iPad and Mac
• Edit locally in any app, including VS Code, Xcode, or BBEdit
• iCloud handles conflict resolution automatically

No risk of losing work

iCloud Drive keeps a version history of your files. If you accidentally delete something or overwrite a file, you can recover it from iCloud.com or the Files app on Mac. The same protections that apply to your documents apply to your code.

• iCloud version history for all project files
• Recover deleted files from iCloud.com
• Offline access — files you've opened are cached locally