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Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by rahilb »

tuckerman wrote: post #59

Thank you! This was something I was desperately looking for when I started using Obsidian. Already paid for the lifetime license :) It's unclear to me what happens if I run this on multiple machines. I have a few different machines that I use throughout the day but none are on "24/7" so I'd love to install this everywhere so it's always syncing. I'd love for that to be possible but I think either way it might be usef…

That case is definitely undefined behaviour right now; if I had to guess it would result in duplicates at the moment. I’ll work on supporting it but for now I don’t recommend it!

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by ripperdoc »

I wish there was a way to syn from Apple Notes to Obsidian (or maybe there is?) Apple Notes is just faster and more convenient for daily notes, but I want Obsidian to be my repository, so I want some mechanism of automatically syncing certain notes or importing at some intervals.

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by pqs »

euroderf wrote: post #74
pqs wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a matter of fact, Evernote still works and is improving fast.

Recent evolution? Do tell

Well, I suggest you check the Evernote product lead's X account.

https://x.com/fedesimio

You'll see that they are working on many improvements, some of them are already in the app.

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by timothyduong »

Feedback: - It works! and really easily too! Thank you - Things I wish it could do: Sync based on #tag #metadata. I use 'Checklist' obsidian plugin and there's check-boxes that I throw in and there's 'checklist' items with tag name (e.g., #TODO) that I use to actually collate things that are to-be-done.

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by Improvotter »

Is it possible to introduce a trial? I'd want to make sure that the features work as described and am curious how smooth this works when not using your Macbook often. Like whether it will sync them in the background when the laptop is closed. Should I simply buy and go for a refund via Apple if it doesn't work out? Though I feel like this might be worse for you.

Tried it out just now as a free user and it synced thousands of completed reminders as `- [x] ...` for each. It's hard to make the jump to pay for this when I cannot test it out fully.

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by rahilb »

timothyduong wrote: post #94

Feedback: - It works! and really easily too! Thank you - Things I wish it could do: Sync based on #tag #metadata. I use 'Checklist' obsidian plugin and there's check-boxes that I throw in and there's 'checklist' items with tag name (e.g., #TODO) that I use to actually collate things that are to-be-done.

Hi, glad you like it!

Version 1.1.0 just shipped that allows you to specify a Global Filter; only Tasks containing the filter will be synced if that's what you're after? Or would you like to exclude notes from being included based on properties at the beginning of the document?

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by rahilb »

superultra wrote: post #57

This is really the missing puzzle piece for my Obsidian setup, and therefore was an insta-buy. However important recomemndation though: I selected "enable syncing" in the onboard process and your app proceeded to sync every single task from my entire vault. I am watching the number climb into the hundreds. There should be some kind of warning that this will happen, and/or some way to filter which tasks sync (ie: tags…

Hi, version 1.1.0 just shipped that added an option to specify a Global Filter similar to the Task Plugin global filter, so if configured only Tasks containing the filter text will be included; once configured you might wish to click Clear Cache to remove all the existing reminders and re-scan your Vault. Hope it solves your issue!

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by tuckerman »

rahilb wrote: post #91
tuckerman wrote: post #59

Thank you! This was something I was desperately looking for when I started using Obsidian. Already paid for the lifetime license :) It's unclear to me what happens if I run this on multiple machines. I have a few different machines that I use throughout the day but none are on "24/7" so I'd love to install this everywhere so it's always syncing. I'd love for that to be possible but I think either way it might be usef…

That case is definitely undefined behaviour right now; if I had to guess it would result in duplicates at the moment. I’ll work on supporting it but for now I don’t recommend it!

Makes sense, consensus is tricky and a weird use case I know. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by themadturk »

orhmeh09 wrote: post #61
bosie wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what is a persistent reminder?

It keeps spamming notifications until you act on it. Very helpful if you need some help with attention.

I certainly see the notifications for incomplete tasks from Reminders on my lock screen every time I lift my iPhone. I have one I've been ignoring for weeks. Seems pretty persistent to me...

Re: Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks

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Post by Terretta »

SamBam wrote: post #35
wgerard wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, the nice part about Obsidian is that they're just markdown files. So even if something happens to Obsidian, the notes still exist and are still easily transferrable to something else.

Fairly easily transferrable to something else. I assume that many of the plugins that power users use involve added non-standard stuff to the files. Like if you're adding a bunch of metadata to be consumed by the Dataview plugin, all that metadata might be worthless on a new app unless someone creates an equivalent plugin elsewhere. It's open source, so they can . But people who want forward-compatibility should prob…

> I assume that many of the plugins that power users use involve added non-standard stuff to the files. Like if you're adding a bunch of metadata to be consumed by the Dataview plugin, all that metadata might be worthless on a new app ...

The metadata is YAML frontmatter. Works with any frontmatter aware tools, which includes, for example, most static site generators.

It's all just markdown, the plugins layer on top of Markdown.

Your site basically works if you shove it in GitHub pages. With a touch of config matching, you can open an Obsidian "vault" in the VSCode plugin called Foam (like Roam but for a local folder structure of Markdown files).

Most add ons, like, say, Excalidraw for charting, are themselves tools with plugins in GitHub Pages, Hugo, MkDocs, etc., so are portable for static site gen (SSG).

The only thing it seems to be "missing" is the CRDT style multiplayer live editing of tools like Notion or Craft.

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