Each time I close Obsidian and reopen it, no vaults are available and it says files do not exist

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What I’m trying to do

Open any .md file or jpeg that was in obsidian the last time I used it.

I am new to Obsidian. I have a Mac Monterey 12.6.3. I made some daily files and it worked for a few days until I closed obsidian. when I opened it, I could see the file folder and files on my desktop but obsidian said they did not exist. I could not open the .md files from my desktop.

Things I have tried

I started a new vault, wrote a few words. Made a new folder and copied and pasted the old files into the new ones. I was able to open all the files. I closed Obsidian and now I cannot open the new files in the new folder. I am not terribly computer saavy. Obsidian may require more tech skill than I have.

. Cannot open vault.
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Sorry to hear about that. :crying_cat_face:

A few questions to start off that might get us moving in the right direction:

  • When you first opened Obsidian, it asked you to create a vault. What did you name it and where did you choose to keep your files, your “vault”? You mention on your desktop, maybe there?

  • In the two vaults you have used so far, were there any other notes or folders mixed with your ones? Like “Start Here”, “Vault is just a local folder”, or anything like that?

  • Do you use any sync service that you know of? iCloud Drive, One Drive, etc.?

If you could report back with anything you can answer above, that would help.

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