“Pdf2md with 2-3 other tools running in a container that runs cron job every 15min to search a pdf folder in my downloads for new conversions, spits it out to a .md converted folder ready for lint, taging etc and archive into obsidian”
“I use iLovepdf to create a docx file, I then load that file into IAWriter, and then copy paste the text into Obsidian. I'm sure that there are better ways but this works for me.”
“I personally use regular obsidian to make to-do lists and checklists. i have a template and label the note type "to-do" with status open, important, done, etc.”
“Personally, I use Obsidian in combination with TickTick to manage projects and tasks. TickTick has my tasks (and checklists and subtasks), shopping lists, household chore list, etc.”
“So, if I create a task in Obsidian. I wanted to show up on my iPhone has a task in reminders. It should also show up in my calendar, because that’s where calendars store it.”
“Yeah, I have a droplet in my downloads folder that I can drop PDFs onto, and then it shows up in obsidian as a MD. Which I have it get a special tag when processed that way, and then a base in my daily note that shows all the notes with that tag from that day to make it easy to find.”
“I usually use a physical notebook when I'm not at home and I have an idea that I don't want to forget or that I want to write and then when I have the time I pass all the things I wrote into obsidian”
“I did a script with marker PDF that only takes the path of file in argument in cli command, I use it to convert even epub to PDF and then to markdown. It's mostly always very efficient and correctly formatted and retranscribed in markdown but I have nvidia rtx 4050 to speed up the process.”
“Quick, utilitarian notes still go into Obsidian on my phone (to-dos, reference numbers, hyperlinks, etc), but for anything where the writing is more than 30 seconds or a few lines, it goes in my pocket-sized commonplace book. Commute, cafe, park bench, hike, camp, all those third spaces where I'll write for more than a few minutes.”
“I am now doing medical school and I thought that obsidian might be a great help to keep my notes and resumes organized. Does anyone have a suggestion how I should do it or knows a tutorial video?”
“My handwriting was difficult to read even for me so I ended up using AI to decypher it and it did a decent job (all very non-critical data). If it was more legible I would've just used scans.”
“I currently try to note what I can typed on iPad into obsidian diluting meetings but sometimes I’m being shown around the site and have to use my Logitech crayon and Freeform to write as I can do that a bit faster then I later side by side that with obsidian to turn it into something useful.”
“Since the whole vault has indexed learning material (HybridRAG) you can also easily crossreference it to other material in your vault (Semantic search would be sufficient for smaller sizes I guess)”
“You may well use e.g. embeddings to semantically search through your notes, and there are only gains in that.Having an AI write notes for you is however of course completely pointless.”
“How about a plugin that filters the community plugins page? Adding filters such as created, last updated, verified by the official obsidian team, fuzzy search, etc etc.”
“Your Samsung Galaxy Watch / Health data will sync from Health Connect up to your Google Health account, allowing the Obsidian plugin to automatically fetch your biometrics into your daily notes and charts.”
“Obsidian just made switching from your old note-taking app a LOT easier. There’s an official Importer plugin that can convert your notes into plain Markdown files and bring them straight into your Obsidian vault.”
“Exactly, I have also been importing my files from onenote to obsidian and would love this feature in obsidian rather than switching between them (since this is a feature I literally use on a day to day basis) and it would save a lot of time”