This very true and worth noting. I’ve effectively been doing this, and to my surprise, she’s asking for options.

Now, I’m trying to be informed enough to answer in detail (or implement changes if asked). Having no personal experience with Apple’s environment makes me a bit blind to those unique hurdles.

Thank you for all the specifics! We’re definitely starting with software / services first, but getting a peek at the full picture is much appreciated!

Oo, I will have to take a look! Sounds similar to KDE Connect which has become my favorite QoL phone app since transitioning.

Both good notes to be aware of, thank you!

On a general basis I agree, but for her the synchronization tends to matter a lot. She rotates which device she’s editing documents with based constantly. It’s easier to work with an iPad while traveling, a laptop at the desk, or her phone as a last resort.

Thank you for taking the time to type all this out! It’s going to take me a bit to dig into everything, but the list of reccomended replacements for services with experiences is perfect.

Thanks, I do, but I have other non-technical family members. They request media via Jellyseer, which then sends the request to Sonarr.

Most of the time it’s fine, but when the show has 8 seasons? It’ll download each episode individually - some of which won’t be available/poor quality/no subtitles. There’s often a season pack with all 8 seasons in it and are more reliable subtitles/quality wise.

It’s an infrequent but annoying quirk I have to manually intervene with.

Any initial thoughts so far (if you’ve had the time to look into them)? I really want to find something that can support multi-season downloads. The *arr stacks have rejected the feature in the past and it’s been my biggest gripe lately.

The alternatives seem pretty young still. I wonder if anyone’s done a feature comparison between them…