How To Get Started Using Tana: The Capture + Find Method

Welcome to another video about Tana! Today is a short one and I want to share with you the easiest way I see to get started using Tana if this is your first time using a more flexible app for knowledge.

There are two kinds of people I come across in the Tana Community. People who are used to tools like Roam or Logseq where you can dump things in and find them later. And people who are used to more structure in Notion or Obsidian.

So whether you're coming from either sides of the spectrum there are two things you need to do to get started in Tana to feel confident to find things again. And they are Capture & Search.

Timestamps for this video:
00:00 Introduction
01:32 The Capture + Find Method
02:02 How to capture things
04:54 How To Find Things With Live Search

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[GeniusUnleashed]

You're super warm and bubbly, makes it so easy to listen to you compared to some of the other (also amazing) drier content out there.

[davefoy]

THIS at 4:55 is exactly what I haven't been able to find in any of the (it feels like) 100s of videos I've watched about Tana - use the Library for stuff you want in the sidebar. It's obvious now... but I haven't seen it actually explained anywhere. Thank you Ev!

[JasonBerekLewis]

G'day Ev, I'm a very new Tana user and Ive been struggling to get my head around HOW to use this app. Thankfully, I discovered your videos. I can't wait to get into my Tana workspace tomorrow. Thanks so much!

[Airship]

Great video Ev. I'm on the waiting list and wondering how Tana handles web content capture and local file attachments (PDF's, etc.)

[AShatwellMSN]

I got access today! So live searches (queries) seem like the various views I could create for databases on Notion, except much more flexible...am I on the right track here? I have used Roam and Notion and just trying to relate to what I know as I get my feet wet :) Thank you for your awesome videos!

[DannyHatcherTech]

You put Notion and Obsidian together 🥴

Thanks for the video. I still find myself saying, "I do that in Obsidian". 🤷‍♂️

[Emmasplaylist]

How long does it take to get access after joining the waitlist?

[finbar]

Hello Ev. Can you tell me how to create block quotes in Tana ?

[enghhb]

Hi ev is there a quick capture from anywhere method on desktop with keyboard shortcut? Be nice to add a node into Tana while I’m working in another application

[kaushalkashyap]

Are you using #task instead of #todo here? #todo seems to be the default supertag for tasks in Tana.

[kentfaver]

Just to make sure - there is an ios app for it? (sorry for a repeat question)

[maxpro]

can you create more than one db with one account in Tana? like separate vaults in Obsidian...

[JaneManthorpe]

Hi Eve cheers for the video, gave me clarity on how to use Tana, got access today Yay! looks a super useful tool… also signed up to your channel

[TTisodi]

what if you forgot to add tag while you were capturing? You can still find it with live search include the node that has ‘task’ tag?