ObsidianA few of you have shared and talked about this before… I believe @carsten@yarn.zn80.net and @abucci@anthony.buc.ci .. How do you use this? What’s the best way to get started? What habits do you create around this tool? Does it help you significantly? 🤔 – Thinking about using it work at my new job… 🤔
@prologic@twtxt.net I use it as a glorified notepad with Markdown support.
The search capabilities are great. It’s faster that Notion (which I disliked very soon), more convenient than taking notes with a code editor, since it manages the folder structure and links between files.
Syncing notes between Android and PC is quick. Sadly I had problems Syncing images, with Google Drive, so I only use it for texts.
I’ve heard it’s an amazing tool for https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten
Thanks @abucci@anthony.buc.ci and @eaplmx@twtxt.net 👌
@prologic@twtxt.net I didn’t write about how to get started…
I guess I haven’t learned it yet, sorry 😅
The first steps are installing it, deciding if you want to pay for the sync between devices, or use a free alternative (I use Google Drive 😬), installing Omnisearch, and typing notes!
Well this sucks 😢
@eaplmx@twtxt.net Sorry I should have provided more context. The reason this sucks is because (at least on iOS) I cannot easily use Obsidian on my macOS Desktop and my iOS Phone because of this. I don’t use any of Apple’s “cloud” services, I turn them all off on purpose. So my only other choice is to pay Obsidian for the privilege of syncing my notes? No thanks, I’d rather that transfer my network and remain on my devices.
So unless they add an option to “Add server…” I’m stuck 🤦♂️
@prologic@twtxt.net Hmm, I’m seeing that on iOS you have a very limited access to the file system.
On Android you can sync with many tools, SSH, Dropbox, Google Drive…
Damn ! sorry mate 🫤
could you try the following? https://help.obsidian.md/Getting+started/Sync+your+notes+across+devices#Sync+your+notes+on+iPhone+and+iPad
@eaplmx@twtxt.net Yeah it says it right there. Self-hosted options are basically no supported. No Syncthing support, no server I can install myself 😢
@abucci@anthony.buc.ci Doesn’t work for iOS though 😆
@abucci@anthony.buc.ci it’s called iOS… 🤔
I haven’t used it since version 10, so I don’t know if in current versions that has changed.
For instance it happens the same Syncing music. That’s why I started using Spotify Premium, it was the only convenient way I found to download music when I traveled.
I think iCloud has improved, but that’s the only way I know of syncing a limited file system.
researching quickly on this, I found that you can open files from Dropbox, but I think apps can’t see files between them. I don’t have a current device to test.
The only solution to this really that I’d accept is if we can self host the Obsidian server? 🤔
@abucci@anthony.buc.ci Hmmm maybe 👌