Copy all of a note including attachments and pasting in another location

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What I’m trying to do

I would like to create a Help Article in Obsidian with several inline images for illustration. Later, I will need to copy this content and paste in another application. I am now doing a simple test by copying from Obsidian and pasting in Apple Notes. The text is copied, but the images only copy the Markdown. Is there a way to copy the entire note including the images themselves. I am a new user currently evaluating whether Obsidian would be a good tool for me, and the inability to easily copy and paste attachments would make it difficult to transition to this tool.

Things I have tried

I have tried copying and pasting and so I see the markdown. I have searched for other tools in the menus but did not see anything.

It sounds like plugins or additional workflows like with Alfred may be able to help, but I am not certain about this. It seems burdensome to have to use another tool, but I would be willing to try if it can provide a good solution.

I have checked the forum here and on Reddit, but did not find a question or answer to my specific concern.

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Hello.

Does it work if you switch to reading mode and then select and copy the text and images?

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I thought if you switched to Read mode, it would work. But I tested it, and I get broken images (instead of Markdown). Weird, I thought it used to work. :frowning:

One thing you can try is exporting to PDF. Then if you need it in Apple Notes, you can copy from the PDF. A bit of an annoying extra step, but it might give you a workaround for now.

There is also one or two Pandoc plugins, where it lets you export in various formats.

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And then you could search plugins for “Export”. Export to HTML, Enhancing Export, Markdown export, etc. Some of those might do what you want. I hear you though. Seamless copy/paste would be ideal.

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For me, images copy from read mode on iOS but not on macOS. Something awry? :person_shrugging: