Location of templates not found

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Hi,

I’m new to Obsidian, so please be patient with me!
I have placed my vault on my external hard drive and it is working fine.
I have also placed a directory on my external hard drive (in the same directory as where my vault is placed) in which I want to place templates and I have collected a few I want to use.
When I am entering the location of this template directory in the settings, I am nog able to use these templates. I get the message that the location cannot be found.
What am I doing wrong here?
No matter which location I use, I keep getting this error message.
I am working on a iMac.
I have read other bug reports about this subject, but they did not help me find a solution.
I hope you can.

Greetings,

Jan
(The Netherlands)

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Hi Jan!

For bug reports, the troubleshooting steps need to be followed and the bug report template needs to be included in the report. Thanks!

The steps are 1) create a folder for templates 2) click in the location field (in Settings > Core plugins > Templates) and select the folder:

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You don’t use a full path here. Just the folder name. Could that be the issue?

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The template directory needs to be inside the vault.

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That did the trick! Thank you very much!
The (Dutch) book I an using to learn to work with Obsidian did not mention that.

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Partly. I was not aware that the Templates directory had to be placed in the vault. It’s working now.

Thank you.

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