Tag: Obsidian
How I Use Day Planner for Daily Notes in Obsidian
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When I got started in Obsidian I didn’t find daily notes all that useful, but that changed a number of months ago. I now use daily notes almost every day of the week to keep myself organized and to keep a time log of my day. This video will talk you through how I use…
Sync Obsidian Settings
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As I said when I talked about how to sync your Obsidian files, you can also sync your settings if you use the Obsidian Sync service. To do this, purchase Obsidian sync then under your sync settings, turn on the sync of your system settings. You can even choose to sync your settings differently depending…
Download Markdown Notes from Kindle
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Dr Brad Davis did an excellent video about how to use Readwise to get your Kindle notes into your Obsidian database. I don’t actually use my Kindle enough for reading to warrant an extra fee for Readwise regularly so I use his second free option in the form of Markdownload as a Chrome extension. Today…
Obsidian Tagnotes
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One Anthony Baker asked me a question that summarizes questions many people have asked me. I notice you use Obsidian [[links]] instead of #tags or as tags, why? In today’s video we’ll talk about why I don’t use standard tags for my tags and why I think links are a better option. Two Broad Note…
Obsidian datestamps
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In today’s video we’re going to answer a question from a member of the Discord channel. Anthony Baker asked. I know you use date/timestamps in note titles, but to always. Curious about where you’re choosing to apply these and where you are not. To Date or Not to Date If you haven’t seen my previous…
Migrate Craft Notes to Obsidian
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Many of you will know that I started my research system in Obsidian, but then when it didn’t look like we’d be getting a robust mobile app I left Obsidian for Craft. Well, I moved back and today I’m going to give you some tips about moving from Craft to Obsidian to save you some…
Why I Move from Craft to Obsidian
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Many of you have asked about why I moved from Craft back to Obsidian, and today is the day I’ll answer that question. I Never Would Have Left Let’s get this point out of the way immediately, if the mobile app for Obsidian was going to be a “full” app I never would have left…
Using Templater in Obsidian
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One of the things that had me struggling with Obsidian early on was it’s lack of iPad support and one of the big pain points there was the way that templates worked in Obsidian. Yes I could use TextExpander, or Alfred Snippets, on macOS to have templates but they wouldn’t transfer to iPadOS. Yes I…
Obsidian iOS Quick Capture with Backtap
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One of the problems I’ve had with Obsidian on iOS is saving my thoughts quickly to a spot in my iCloud sync location. While this appears to be something that will work just fine in iOS 15, we’re not in that world yet. Today I’ll share my Shortcut that uses Toolbox Pro to save a…
Using Obsidian Aliases
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One of the things I missed while using Craft was aliases. Instead of having a single note that referenced a few related spellings of a word, or strongly related topics, with Craft you had to have individual notes for each spelling. Today I’ll show you how you can use aliases to stop this duplication. Aliases…
