My Obsidian Setup: Note Taking and Writing

Let's talk about Obsidian and how I’ve been using it!

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### Wallpaper Pack:

### Apps:

### Plugins:
- [Iconize](obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-icon-folder)
- [Style Settings](obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-style-settings)
- [Omnisearch](obsidian://show-plugin?id=omnisearch)
- [Home Tab](obsidian://show-plugin?id=home-tab)
- [Auto Card Link](obsidian://show-plugin?id=auto-card-link)
- [Paste Link](obsidian://show-plugin?id=paste-link)
- [Dataview](obsidian://show-plugin?id=dataview)
- [Recent Files](obsidian://show-plugin?id=recent-files-obsidian)
- [Trash Explorer](obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-trash-explorer)

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### Shortcuts:

### Video Recommendations:

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Intro 00:00
But, what is a note? 00:19
Setting up your vault 2:10
Sponsor Surfshark 4:16
Folder Structure 5:37
My Theme 8:04
Note Taking 8:54
Quick Note Folder 11:06
Linking Notes 12:21
Split View and Tabs 13:15
Search 14:44
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts 16:21
Command Palette 17:13
Auto Card Link 18:11
Paste Link 18:43
Launchpad 19:27
Recent Files 20:19
Trash Explore 20:51
Templates 21:32
Daily Note 22:18
Wrap Up 23:28

[fatherotis]

Been waiting on this one! Really appreciate the approach you’re taking here. It’s refreshing to not feel like I have to build out this complex system with never ending backlinks to make Obsidian and note taking in general valuable to someone who is mostly just taking quick notes to remember things throughout the day. Excited for more in this series!

[medhavimiddha]

Thanks a lot for this Chris. Waiting for more Obsidian videos.

[ImGerald]

Thank you. Just got my iPad pro 13 M4, and was looking something like this to take notes while I'm learning cyber security and coding.

[drdentrepair]

Thank you for the video. Although I have tried so many different note taking apps like this, craft and many others I always seemed to come back to apple notes. So for the last year I have only used apple notes and so far it has done everything that I have needed.

[mypradasatthecleanerss]

4:15 looking at you Notion! I think 50% if not more of Notion’s users aren’t aware they don’t actually have control over their data

[Marsalis]

I also recommend plugin update tracker, to keep up with all the plug in updates :)

[ericl]

I have always been interested in Obsidian i would love to see more vids on this app.

[j.d.]

Most of my note-taking is for personal learning and knowledge as someone who reads a lot of non-fiction and loves learning new skills. Or honing existing skills. So absolutely not just for content creators.

[TerryGrier]

Great video. I am starting up a small business and I feel so pushed into using Google Workspace ... And I love how you seem to use apps and a lot of apple centric things. I would love a video about how you "run your business" without google

[dean-fx]

Already mentioned this to you on Mastodon, but it needs to be said again...

These videos are awesome! I always get so much out of them, no matter what it is. As someone who considers themselves a power-user with obsidian, I still got good pointers out of this (let alone an awesome CSS, Thank you for sharing!).

Keep em' coming!

[alexoliveperez]

What a great video Chris. Superuseful and well explained. Thank you.

[graytonw]

I work in the Windows world because I support the needs of my customers as a freelancer, and I have a Windows desktop PC and a couple of Windows laptops. I recently bought a MacBook Pro though because I wanted to try Mac OS. I probably fit in a niche where I'd prefer apps that are truly cross-platform so I can use the across devices and ecosystems. I know Obsidian works for that, but I've been using MS OneNote, which works across Windows, Mac, and my Android tablet with OneDrive. I also just bought a mind mapping app called SimpleMind Pro, which does the same. Between those two apps I can work on notes and projects regardless of which machine I have in front of me.

[biocajun]

12:05 Hey, Chris! Shortcuts for Obsidian is actually the largest thing keeping me from going to Obsidian Full time. Well, that and hand written notes. Would you by chance do a video on how to create shortcuts for Obsidian (like your quick capture shortcut)?

[TonyTylerDraws]

Even though I use Apple Notes, this has given me a few ideas

[rydv]

You can save to iCloud, and sync with your pc, and other iOS devices for free.

[matthewmerendo]

How do these shortcut things work? I'd love to have that one that lets you add a note with a quick action... and how is your vault synced to your mobile devices? You do use Obsidian Sync, then?

[brockburkett]

Super helpful! I just set my Obsidian up with most of this. interestingly, on my PC and iPad, the Home tab does not let me instantly create a new note when I put in something like you did. I don't see any settings on this in the plugins area

[lost]

that i cant take handwritten notes is a dealbreaker for me, but overall is has some amazing features

[jeffhale]

Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day.

[mypradasatthecleanerss]

I used to have so many issues with syncing Obsidian using iCloud. Often Obsidian would take minutes to open my vault and then I’d also get file conflicts. I must say though it’s been much much better since iOS 18 and being able to pin folders on iCloud, so that they stay downloaded.