AppStories, Episode 380 – Obsidian Setup Check-In

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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