The least scary Obsidian guide you’ll ever see

0:00 - Welcome!
0:20 - The problem with Productivity YouTube
1:18 - Installing Obsidian
1:36 - Creating a vault
2:20 - Installing a theme
4:02 - Changing fonts
4:50 - Window style
5:21 - Enable spell check
6:07 - Changing tab indenting
6:43 - Organizing your attachments
9:27 - General organization
9:51 - Installing plugins
10:05 - Better link pasting
11:34 - Hide some of Obsidian's cruft
12:30 - Shortcut Launcher

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[Vimblini]

Literally came to this video because the last obsidian guide was a lecture in Aristotle and Socrates.

[chowrites]

You taught this like you ACTUALLY like using this software. I can't tell you how many times I watch a vid like this and its got all the flair and know how but it really feels like the youtuber just uses it to make content not to actually enjoy and show off how much they know. Its amazing and I felt genuinely engaged in everything you explained. Thank you!

[seamossian]

"The least scary Obsidian guide you’ll ever see" is exactly what I was looking for, thank u

[Nurpus]

> The first thing we need to do is to make this look a little nicer
> **switches to light mode**

[NeuroNomad]

THANK YOU for actually showing a way for beginners to start rather than just piling on complicated stuff to overwhelm the viewer

[shotbyphase]

Just learned about obsidian an hour ago, this was the first video I watched after downloading it and right out of the gate, you have given me a great head start on things I would’ve had to look up individually after exploring the app myself. The UI has changed a little but only minor changes, your video is still very relevant and a great video for people just getting started. Thank you for that!

[Pyankie]

I love the way you teach; it's not clickbait content and is really useful. Please continue creating other content as well. I will watch each and every one of the videos you post. It's truly helpful!

[patataeve]

I had given up on obsidian because everything look super complicated and I just needed a simple notebook with smaller notebooks xD Thank you for the awesome video! Now I want to learn more!

[CoreLeadership]

Great video! I was thinking about Obsidian, but was completely overwhelmed by the other videos I watched. This one really simplified things and helped me get started.

[Sammysapphira]

Turning Obsidian into light mode is absolute heresy.

[xmanavenger]

bro woke up and chose to violate the consciousness of 165k people by choosing light mode

[AdamDoingTech]

You know this is not normal when he uses light mode instead of dark mode...

[firefly]

THANK YOU! I was already feeling overwhelmed just searching for a simple set-up guide, but found this and now feel ready to download and start using obsidian. Thanks so much

[Merryande]

The Assets folder thing helped me so much, thank you!

[omarmiro]

A lot of people including me can get stuck in something which may be named as analysis paralysis or the perfect setup forgetting the true goal of organizing and structuring which is to help work on something which in this case may be note taking to studying to working on some project

This video shows excatly the most necessary amount of info to start already while getting relevant to the app just like a tour with a guide which gets it done with the perfect sensible effort. Thank you! ❤😊

[amandaalyse]

I'm glad the first thing I did after installing Obsidian was watch this video. Super helpful!!!

[watheusbr]

Thank you very much, Matt! I saw some tutorials for obsidian and none explained it as well as you. You showed everything I needed to understand the app and start using it. One more subscriber!

[sketchley]

Great video. I think you're absolutely right about productivity videos on YouTube: they're often just too much for us mere mortals.

[LuckyDBA]

TO ALL COMMENT READERS: THIS IS THE GUIDE TO SEE IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO START USING OBSIDIAN.
Especially useful if you are migrating some notes from other software like Notion. It's way better than all previous video I watched

[mffaruqi]

Your video lived up to its title. It's is the best and the least scary Obsidian guide on Youtube. You covered all the basics I needed to get started. Thanks.