What people previously said about Obsidian

“This isn’t an Obsidian issue.”

“For syncing I ended up going with Obsidian Sync because live sync was super important to me and the free options do not supper live sync and it created to many barriers”

“This os my vault. I dont know if its of any help”

“oh, and I've made Obsidian plugin too to backlink back to apple notes from Obsidian copy [https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/notes-exporter](https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/notes-exporter)”

“The whole handwriting + code block thing in one Obsidian file is kind of a pain, not gonna lie. The app doesn't handle mixed input super smoothly on its own, you'd be using the Excalidraw plugin to scribble and then embedding that drawing into a note, which feels clunky if you're trying to keep up with a lecture.”

“I'm new to Obsidian & love it so far. I'm in a tech Ph.D.”

“The last month importer had some serious development by kepano. At last they took the importer issue seriously. It's very important to increase the adoption of obsidian.”

“obsidian and journaling \o/”

“Oh, sorry my bad, Siri and google do not have native interaction with obsidian,so every note being taken is saved in the default app , hence the third option.”

“as if it's hard enough to jot something down in notes when in the cafeteria and copy it over to obsidian when you sit down at your pc.”

“No Obsidian Sync subscription. No cloud. Just Syncthing + my old MacBook + my devices. 💻📱”

“The issue is for drawing, obsidian requires a plugin which removes me from being only local! and its such a basic aspect of note taking, why did they not make it a default and rather we've got to give access to third party who could see the notes...”

“As a Windows / Android user it's not as good, but for obsidian it's pretty good as a low barrier entry system”

“That would make ink feel like a first-class Obsidian note, not a canvas living beside the vault.”

“I usually engage autopilot, then recline in the back seat with a warm rug and pillow with my VR headset on and ask my AI assistant to scan my thoughts and document them in Obsidian.”

“Worth knowing before you migrate though: Zotero's reader is built on PDF.js too, same as Obsidian's, so if a particular file is what's choking, moving it there won't necessarily fix it. Zotero's still a good call for other reasons, just not that one.”

“but I love SuperWhisper with custom modes for different areas of when/how I capture. Then use the share button to get it into Obsidian.”

“Tasker pulls the text and writes it to a new .md file in the Obsidian folder of your choice.”

“I never thought anything like this was possible in Obsidian. WOW.”

“I click a button (icon), talk into my device, and it ends up in an "intake" folder in Obsidian. I use Obsidian sync.”

“please add support for Apple Pencil Pro and iPad support I would LOVE it if you added it because I use Obsidian for Uni ❤️”

“I use the voice memos function built into the iphone. Siri can start recording. I use the transcribe section to get the text (and use the audio to correct the transcription when needed) and paste it into Obsidian.”

“Honestly, just use your voice recorder and dump the audio files into Vibe, or any other open-source transcription software and then dump into Obsidian. Maybe even (i hate to say it) vibe code a simple script that takes the transcripts, save them in as .md files and drop them into a folder to review later.”

“Quick and nasty but works for me, a lot easier with a screenshot.”

“Use an AI agent that has access to your Obsidian vault.”

“been craving for this since I first downloaded obsidian!”

“I have my old laptop running 24/7 with many Claude code instances open and Obsidian open with sync. Whenever I want to capture something quickly, I can just open up a remote Claude code chat and use voice to text to capture what want to capture.”

“I send to Obsidian or OmniFocus from Drafts actions.”

“On Android I use Quick Draft for this. It stores the information directly in the Obsidian vault. You can quickly capture ideas in many ways, also with voice and transcription ...”

“And a unique ID will be generated by Obsidian.”

“last night, i built my growth operator system on an Obsidian vault with HUNDREDS of notes as markdown files:”

“What’s your fastest way to capture ideas into Obsidian, especially while driving?”

“Thanks I'm about to open Obsidian for the first time having downloaded it earlier today. Solid advise”

“But waht about the connectivity between nodes like regular Obsidian graph?”

“It’s as simple or complicated as you want it. It can’t be overkill if you don’t make it too complicated. Just because obsidian can do hundreds of things doesn’t mean you have to use all of them.”

“I mostly journal to clear my head , so if Apple Notes does the job, I don't think I'd want the extra complexity of Obsidian.”

“I would find it interesting but I am learning to do it myself also check out obsidian ttrpg”

“il plugin è spettacolare, grazie per averlo condiviso, ti volevo chiedere una cosa, quando riapro obsidian il grafo cambia sempre colori e ripristina o nasconde categorie, se nascondo con l'occhio una cartella poi i riappare visibile, cosi con le altre, come mai? grazie”

“I use a combination of Claude (personal), GitHub Copilot (work) and Obsidian for maintaining a knowledge base, keeping a work log, and helping with surfacing items for performance reviews.”

“This is my write up and starter vault for students.”

“it seems like you need to turn lots of PDFs into markdowns? then import to obsidian? If my understanding is right, you can try my OCR desktop tool, which can turn batch PDFs into makdowns.”

“I’ve used Day One, Obsidian and even Voicenotes. Ended up going back to Notes, because it just works so smoothly and with Apple’s ecosystem.”

“Fortunately, the notes in Zotero are pretty much in Markdown, so it works smoothly. No reason to make it more complex than this.”

“I'm not currently using Obsidian, but I have in the past, and it's as simple or as complex as you want it to be.”

“FWIW I take notes on PDFs in Zotero and then import the notes into Obsidian.”

“Currently, I use the PDF++ plugin to take my literature notes, but it doesn't feel optimized. It ends up freezing or lagging on certain PDFs for some reason. Any recommendations would be appreciated!”

“I think Obsidian tends to attract perfectionists/overthinkers who feel like they have to have their whole system figured out and anticipate all the plugins they'll possibly want, then get burnt out before they've even really begun.”

“I see that you want to use Obsidian for too many different things. You're trying to predict what structure you'll need. But I think Obsidian is a bottom-up app.”

“I am in a bit of a pickle working out my Obsidian system. I started in earnest yesterday and have been working on it for a good half day but am really struggling and need support.”

“2e has a pretty big obsidian userbase as well”