After moving from Apple Notes to Obsidian (which Is very nice) I missed being able to add a quick note to a single file (to be sorted later) using Apple Shortcuts so I wrote this Shortcut. It works on macOS, iOS and iPadOS.
When activated by clicking on the Shortcut widget, running from the Shortcuts app or from the Shortcuts dropdown menu in the menu bar, a window will appear where you can add your quick note. By saying “Siri, Obsidian Quick Note” a note will be added using the built-in speech-to-text function.
Each quick note records the date and time added. New notes appear at the top of the file but this can be easily changed to append new notes to the bottom of the file. See comments in the Shortcut to do this.
The date format can be easily changed by altering the “Format Date” call.
As noted in the Shortcut comments you first need to add the location of your Obsidian vault to the Shortcut which is very simple. The file “Quick Notes.md” can be saved in any folder of your choice by choosing said folder when selecting the location of your Obsidian vault.
Obsidian Quick Note (Apple Shortcut)
If there’s an interest I can also write a similar Shortcut that saves each quick note in its own file in a dedicated folder. Also any other suggestions for an Apple Shortcut for use with Obsidian are welcomed. Just let me know here along with any questions or suggestions about this Shortcut.
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