How do I work with Obsidian on Mobile?

Daveb08 · December 5, 2020, 3:03pm

equuapotesta · December 6, 2020, 5:58am

Can’t believe i missed that.

Thanks guys!

ryanjamurphy · December 6, 2020, 2:28pm

@equuapotesta You aren’t alone… see my post above. https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-do-i-work-with-obsidian-on-mobile/471/100?u=ryanjamurphy

inakarmacoma · December 6, 2020, 4:29pm

Is it just me, or it’s searching across files pretty much nonviable in these workarounds?

You can view, usually traverse, but not globally search?

gnatan · December 8, 2020, 9:35am

Epsilon Notes supports global search

ldebritto · December 8, 2020, 10:30am

Hey @ryanjamurphy. Just out of curiosity, are you still on Noteplan for mobile editing or reverted to 1Writer?

Daveb08 · December 8, 2020, 10:54am

For anyone using the Apple ecosystem looking to access Obsidian on a Mac from an iDevice you should investigate Jump (or other similar app). Uses WiFi. Allows you to access Obsidian (and its files) ‘directly’. No need to use other apps to access/manipulate Obsidian markdown files. YMMV!

ryanjamurphy · December 8, 2020, 2:39pm

Yep, I’m still using Noteplan!

greasemonkey · December 9, 2020, 1:26am

Spent the $15 and found it worthless…sitting in same room on wifi - ipad functionality for Macbook very bad.

Daveb08 · December 9, 2020, 2:20am

That’s why I typed YMMV. I’m using a new M1 MacMini and a 2018 iPad Pro. On the home WiFi (Spectrum 100 up/ 10 down, not exactly 5G speeds) operation is ‘almost’ instantaneous. In coffee house downtown, not noticeably slower. So, again I’ll say…YMMV.

jakub · December 9, 2020, 3:08pm

There is an app on iOS https://apps.apple.com/cz/app/markdown/id1494902837?l=cs

it works well the only thing that is missing is that it is nit working with google drive…dropbox works fine though…

rutgerh · December 14, 2020, 2:23pm

You might find this overview helpful for iOS:

DummyME · December 14, 2020, 5:02pm

Yeah, I tried this and PreText, both couldn’t create files in GDrive.

PeterE · December 14, 2020, 7:14pm

I have been using 1Writer but have now turned to Notebooks because it operates on iOS and MAc as well as utilises Dropbox. So far I have able to use a Zettlekasten method to capture my notes. The recent updates have deepened the use of [[wiki]] and backlinks

guthrien · December 14, 2020, 8:26pm

I made the switch too, it’s as good as any solution I’ve tried if not better. I believe the developer is aware of the usage as well and given past experience will probably better it.

captgoodhope · December 15, 2020, 12:23am

I explained to him what’s happening over here.

sandrop · December 15, 2020, 12:20pm

@PeterE @guthrien could one of you share a link please? Notebooks is a generic term and there’s at least a couple of them in the app store and on that BrettTerpstra link. Thanks in advance

robin · December 15, 2020, 12:37pm

Hey @sandrop I had the same question, but I think they were referring to the one mentioned here - How do I work with Obsidian on Mobile?

NerdySteve · December 15, 2020, 12:38pm

DummyME · December 15, 2020, 1:08pm

This code can be utilised as well. It downloads Keep Notes into markdown to a specified folder without manually exporting ot Google Takeout. It uses unofficial Google Keep API.
I tried it, and it seems really cool.

It can help me to atleast caputure notes in IPad or Phone or virtually anywhere.
There is a search based export as well. You can just pull notes with a particular label or tag.

I wish there was a way to put files there as well, that way I can push some notes like Daily Plan to be viewed on Keep and vice versa.