Tag: beginner
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Obsidian Mobile: Five Tips for Success
Let’s talk about Obsidian Mobile. If you’re like me, you want to be able to carry your notes around and access them on the go. There are plenty of reasons why you might want this: Fortunately, if you have an Android or iOS phone, there are plenty of good ways to carry around your digital…
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Five of My Favorite Hidden Features in Obsidian
Obsidian is powerful. But a lot of its best features are “hidden”, and they are hard to discover if you aren’t looking for them. I’m here to help you get the most out of this app, and that means telling you about everything that Obsidian has to offer. With that in mind, here are five…
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Getting Started with Templates in Obsidian
If you’re new to Obsidian, the first thing I recommend is to start creating notes. There is no better way to learn how to use a tool than jumping in. It doesn’t matter what your notes contain at the moment, that will come later. First you need to figure out what you want to store in…
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For Beginners and Pros Alike: The Command Palette in Obsidian
Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, if you want to get the most out of Obsidian, you need to learn how to use the command palette. What is the command palette? It’s one of the most powerful tools that Obsidian has to offer. The command palette in Obsidian is essential for both beginners and…
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Using Callouts in Obsidian
If you’ve been using Obsidian for a while, you may be familiar with a feature called callouts. If you’re new to Obsidian, this is what a callout looks like in the Sandbox vault: Those orange and blue boxes are callouts! Pretty neat eh? Callouts give you a lot more flexibility when it comes to organizing…
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Clipping Articles into Obsidian
Have you ever wanted to copy a whole article into your Obsidian vault? This is referred to as “clipping”, as if you cut an article out of a newspaper and pasted it into your scrapbook. If that sounds interesting to you, then keep reading. We’ll discuss the many different ways for clipping articles into Obsidian.…
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Save Articles to Obsidian: Five Different Methods
Do you have too many tabs open? Too many interests? Me too. I used to have 100+ tabs open on both my computer and my phone. I had “Too good to close” syndrome. I would find an article and, instead of saving it to a trusted system, I would hoard it. Like a dragon on…
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An Introduction to Obsidian Properties
A recent update to Obsidian introduced a new feature: Obsidian Properties. What are Properties? In a nutshell, it’s a new tool built-in to Obsidian that makes it easier to create and maintain your metadata. To be honest, when I saw it on the Roadmap, I wasn’t very excited about it. Obsidian has always supported metadata…
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Quick Tip: Write Better Notes with the Obsidian Quick Switcher
Editor’s note: This tip is for intermediate users of Obsidian. If you’re new to Obsidian, see our article on Getting Started with Obsidian Notes. Note-taking: it’s about remembering things. Or is it? When I started taking notes, I did it for one reason: to capture things that I knew I wasn’t going to remember. Aiding…
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Why use Obsidian Notes?
Obsidian has been a game changer for me. I’ve tried many note apps over the years, but none of them stuck. But then I tried Obsidian. And it changed everything. I used to struggle to write. Now I love to write. I used to struggle to come up with ideas to write about. Now I…
