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Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by ASalazarMX »

encima wrote: post #92
andix wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s difficult. iCloud works (but I don’t want to do that, because it’s not E2E encrypted). Copying manually via iTunes too. I guess the options will stay limited, as the author wants to sell his commercial sync service.

The limitations are purely on the iOS device. I am using Syncthing on iOS with Obsidian and no issues. Fully agree with wanting to avoid iCloud in all cases where one can. (Also, sidenote: assuming gender is maybe not necessary: his => their)

> (Also, sidenote: assuming gender is maybe not necessary: his => their)

On a personal note, please don't do this. I understand people choosing their preferred pronouns, but don't force it on others unless they have stated preferred pronouns too.

Quick edit: went and looked at the developer team (https://obsidian.md/about). It's actually a man, a woman and two cats, so "their" is clearly appropriate.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by ASalazarMX »

rcarmo wrote: post #12

So how does this sync exactly? Can I use an iCloud folder, an iOS filesystem provider, or do I need yet another service to have my notes on my desktop as well?

E2EE only works with their sync service, so yes, if you care for it. Your local folder is always unencrypted, so any sync service works as long as you forgo E2EE.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by knubie »

adkadskhj wrote: post #225

For anyone who follows Obsidian, have they approached the idea of spaced repetition or perhaps plugins for spaced repetition? A big thing i want in a note taking tool is Spaced Repetition, but not _just_ that, more like a way to manage how much information i'm going to try and keep sync'd with my actual brain. I'd love this system to monitor how much time i'm dedicating to it, and how much knowledge i'm able to retai…

You may want to check out Mochi [0], a markdown based SRS app. Similar to Obsidian in that it is a local-first architecture with a focus on zettelkasten style note cards.

[0] https://mochi.cards/

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by riffic »

kakkan wrote: post #229
riffic wrote: post #215

excellent app! Now I just need to figure out how to sync my vault that I keep backed to a remote Git repo. Also, I saw this ( An Interactive Introduction to Zettelkasten ) on reddit today and felt like sharing. This goes hand in hand with tools like Obsidian, Logseq, or Roam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27811809

I'm trying to do the same. All my notes are backed up to a private repository, would be pretty kick-ass to get it synced with my iphone. Let me know if you find it out!

See the other comments in this thread about "Working Copy", which is also referenced in the Obsidian docs:

https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian/iOS+app#Working+Copy

Sorry Android users, you're on your own to figure this out.

edit: I had to figure out how to perform "Setup Folder Sync". This is done within Working Copy. Here's a walkthrough:

https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-setting-up-ios-git-based-...

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by uxamanda »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #13

Has anyone used Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ )? How does it compare to Obsidian? I've used Joplin for a while. It's Markdown so I like it. The UI is dry (compared to Evernote).

I am a big fan of Joplin and a plugin advocate for enabling features like Backlinks. The best plugin IMHO is the Rich Markdown plugin.

Here's a list in case anyone is curious what is available. https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/plugin-list/17671

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by l1silver »

adkadskhj wrote: post #225

For anyone who follows Obsidian, have they approached the idea of spaced repetition or perhaps plugins for spaced repetition? A big thing i want in a note taking tool is Spaced Repetition, but not _just_ that, more like a way to manage how much information i'm going to try and keep sync'd with my actual brain. I'd love this system to monitor how much time i'm dedicating to it, and how much knowledge i'm able to retai…

I know that there's a plugin for anki and youtube tutorial on setting it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXyv6pnVGhA . Haven't tried it myself but will probably give it a shot

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by richliss »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #13

Has anyone used Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ )? How does it compare to Obsidian? I've used Joplin for a while. It's Markdown so I like it. The UI is dry (compared to Evernote).

Lost data with Joplin from weird sync and encryption issues so tried Obsidian.

Within a few days I'd paid for VIP and now subscribe to sync too.

It's fantastic especially with the plug-ins.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by noyesno »

adkadskhj wrote: post #225

For anyone who follows Obsidian, have they approached the idea of spaced repetition or perhaps plugins for spaced repetition? A big thing i want in a note taking tool is Spaced Repetition, but not _just_ that, more like a way to manage how much information i'm going to try and keep sync'd with my actual brain. I'd love this system to monitor how much time i'm dedicating to it, and how much knowledge i'm able to retai…

Check out https://www.remnote.io/

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by ncallaway »

pradn wrote: post #228
dkislyuk wrote: post #173

Obsidian has really delivered in a crowded note-taking space by focusing on the fundamentals: 1. Privacy. You can roll your own syncing (or use iCloud, Dropbox, etc.), without the notes being stored on the note editors' servers, which is a huge win over Roam, Notion, Evernote, etc. After the Evernote fiasco from a few years ago (where they considered reading your notes for ML model training and got massive pushback),…

Is Markdown a viable format given its many many flavors and quirks? I suppose you can just stick to the common features, but then the feature-set is pretty basic.

> but then the feature-set is pretty basic.

Yes, perfect.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by [deleted] »

adkadskhj wrote: post #253
pwdisswordfish8 wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obsidian supports plugins, but on that note, if you want to practice spaced repetition, maybe point a spaced repetition app at your notes? It doesn't seem to make sense that a note-taking app should take any particular interest in that use case, when it can be better served by a dedicated app, and there's little overlap with more "ordinary" needs.

I would agree, but for me it's a tightly coupled idea - my knowledge base and a subset of knowledge i choose to retain. So while yes, a dedicated app for SR would probably be "better", i'd then have to make tightly coupled user experiences to sync data back and forth between my knowledge base and my knowledge retention app. To me they're two sides of the same coin. With that said i've long wanted to make my own app h…

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