iCloud drive sync with a Linux, Ubuntu, device

With my project to keep a MacBook Air 2011(MBA) alive, Ubuntu installed, i searched for a solution where my iCoud drive(iCD) was continuous synced with my MBA. This must work both ways so even a file change made on MBA should be replicated to iCD.

There is MultCloud, are there others ?, but the free version is just 5 Gb data traffic per month. There is also a work in progress ? with rclone and iCD. 

So while waiting for a free working version I solved my sync between iCD and MBA with Syncyhing(ST). ST doesn't sync with iCloud so the work around here was to use my MacMini, Mac OS, as the "Middle man". It's always on and synced with iCD.

Ubuntu Desktop for beginners or easy start !

This post is for both Windows and Mac users ! 

I have been running Linux, Raspberry Pi OS, since several years but almost just the Lite version (without Desktop).

But when my old MacBook Air "gave up", with Mac OS, it came naturally to use Ubuntu Desktop since it's also based on the Debian Linux distribution and the most used Linux distribution.

So it ended up with installing the latest Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS(UOS).

Installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an old MacBook Air(2011)

Updated 2024-09-09 !

I have done several posts Blogging about how to keep an old MacBook Air(MBA), mid 2011(A1369), with SSD disk "alive". I have used the fantastic software package OpenCore Legacy patcher to upgrade the Mac to the latest Mac OS. 

A while ago i tested Mac OS Sonoma(14.5), on the mentioned Mac, but I had to admit that Sonoma was a little to much for the 13 year old companion.

I really like the Mac and everything works, after a battery change, so it ended up with installing the latest Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS.