Phone and sync

The iPhone app is a reader. It does not fetch news or call AI providers; it reads the edition your computer writes into a shared folder.

Set it up

1. Install the iPhone app: see Installation.
2. On the computer: Settings > Phone and sync > Choose folder. iCloud Drive works well; so does Dropbox, Syncthing, or anything the Files app can open.
3. On the phone: Choose sync folder and pick the same folder.

What is shared

Data	Direction
Edition, story text, sources, validation info	desktop → phone
Saved stories	both ways, newest change wins
Topic on/off and weights	both ways, newest change wins
Notification preferences	both ways
API keys, providers, investigations, feed summaries	never shared

How fresh is it?

The phone always tells you how old its edition is: Updated 3 h ago with a mint dot, or Updated yesterday at 07:31 with a hint to open Fresh News on your computer.

Your computer builds editions only while Fresh News is open. A morning reminder on the phone describes the edition the phone last received; announcing newer news would need a push server, which Fresh News deliberately does not use.

If nothing shows on the phone

Check that both devices use the same folder, that the computer has synced (Settings > Phone and sync), and that iCloud has finished uploading. The phone waits up to 15 seconds for iCloud downloads, then uses what it has and says what it found.