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5 days agoNone of my Apple devices will do iCloud backups or sync iMessages in iCloud in the background while connected to any VPN at all. Proton or any others. Works fine though if you trigger it manually in the settings app.
Edit: Nothing works in the background for me if the VPN is active on the device itself. If the VPN is running on my router then all the syncing and backups work fine on the devices as they don’t seem to “know” a VPN is running at all. (I have an iPhone 17, iPad mini & a MacBook Air with VPN apps installed).
Downloading Wireguard config files is useful for running the VPN on a router. Check out the GL.iNet Brume 3 “security gateway” device. I’m using that at home and I’m getting 900mbps on my gigabit connection when I check Speedtest.net or FAST.com using Proton’s Wireguard configs.
https://www.gl-inet.com/en-ca/products/gl-mt5000