# Cross-platform links to external files

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/cross-platform-links-to-external-files/58619 "2023-04-25T15:15:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/cross-platform-links-to-external-files/58619/4 "2023-04-25T15:37:16Z")

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Then I’m at a loss, and you might have an issue reaching them especially on Android and/or iOS, as those are rather closed operating systems.

On windows and osx I reckon it should be possible to detect where you are somehow, and use that to produce a proper base for your links. I’m on mobile right now, so can’t really check exactly how to do so.

Will the sub-links be the same on the various platforms, so it’s just the base which will change? And what plugins do you intend to use? Templater? Dataview?

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