This week on AppStories, we revisit our Obsidian systems, themes, and favorite plugins.

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An Obsidian Check-In

• Our Systems
  • John
    • A shallow system of numbered folders organized by areas, projects, and related notes
      • Johnny Decimal system
    • A separate vault for the MacStories GitHub repos
  • Federico
    • Working files stored in the root folder with a series of Archive folders for older material, reference folders, and Templates
    • Obsidian Sync across platforms
    • Properties for organization and integration with Things
    • My Obsidian Template Setup Powered by Shortcuts, Things, and the Actions App
• Our Themes
  • Federico
    • Border
    • Custom Font Loader
  • John
    • Minimal and testing Border
• Plugins
  • Federico
    • MacStories Plugins
      • Obsidian Shortcut Launcher
        • Obsidian Shortcut Launcher 1.1 Brings Support for File Properties and Backlinks
    • Club MacStories Plugins
      • Markdown Insert
      • Backlinker
      • Export Markdown with Embeds
      • Image Inserter
    • Footnote Shortcut
    • Settings Search
    • Home Tab
    • Templater
    • Actions for Obsidian
      • Actions URI
    • Commander
  • John
    • DB Folder and Dataview
    • Calendar
    • Editor Syntax Highlight
    • Omnisearch
    • Update Modified Date
    • Hotkeys++
    • Natural Language Dates
    • Plugin Update Tracker

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