[Mobile] IOS : App to work with hidden folder

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I found a shortcut that uses a-Shell or a-Shell mini to copy files into the snippets or themes folders: RoutineHub • Obsidian : Add CSS

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A much easier way is to use ES File Explorer (not sure about other file browsers). Add your vault to the app. Search for “.obsidian” and it will appear in search results. ES has an integrated text editor and can do all sort of file copy/move things!

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With regard to:

Using Textastic , that is a wonderful app created by the same guy of Working Copy. Not free, but work totally with many apps, as it’s an edit text file. Here, you can bookmark a folder and access all file in it, so you can edit a note but also your .obsidian file.

I got Textastic on iPad but I have been unable to access any files in my Obsidian vault Vault Admin folder. I cannot see any way to “bookmark a folder”. Please can someone explain to me in simple language (I am not an accomplished coder) how I can access the folders and files in the Vault Admin folder on iPad. I would greatly appreciate any assistance on this.

Peter

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In the left sidebar of Textastic, tap “Add External Folder…”, browse to your vault, and select it. Once you’ve done that, your vault folder will be listed in the sidebar. Tap it, and you’ll see the files and folders in it, including hidden ones.

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Thanks. This works, though working with this app is not very intuitive I must say.

I was also able to add a folder and add files to it using ES File Explorer, though that’s not straightforward either!

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I don’t see Taio being mentioned here. Free and can access any folders, hidden or not.

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Thank you @Mara-Li for sharing, I was having issues with that hidden folder, textastic is indeed a great recommendation.

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Taio worked for me. Thanks for mentioning it here. Problem solved :+1:

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Has anyone figured out similar for Shortcuts on the Mac?

ie. How, in Shortcuts on Mac, can I get the hidden .obsidian folder?

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To show hidden folder on mac, you can do it natively:

Showing hidden files via Mac Finder

The first and easiest method is using Mac Finder to show hidden files:

  1. Open the folder where you want to search for hidden files.
  2. Press the “Command” + “Shift” + “.” (period) keys at the same time.
  3. The hidden files will show up as translucent in the folder.
  4. If you want to obscure the files again, press the same “Command” + “Shift” + “.” (period) combination.
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@Mara-Li Could you add Taio to the main post (first mentioned in [Mobile] IOS : App to work with hidden folder - #10 by zanodor)? It seems like the best option for most people since it’s free and not a terminal.

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Thanks! Also thanks for the post in the first place — it helped me and I’ve sent a number of people here (and will send more, I’m sure).

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How exactly does Taio work? I’ve looked in the Obsidian file and all I see are my fault and files. No hidden folders- when I looked in “locations”.

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In Taio’s file browsing sidebar tab, next to the word “Files” the top is a “…” button that opens a menu where you can enable viewing of hidden files.

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That was enabled but there’s still no trash folder in my obsidian folder when I press browse iCloud. Perhaps it doesn’t work with iCloud? I have the trash folder enabled in obsidian settings.

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Did you add the vault folder in Added Locations?

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Hi, I was using Taio as well, this is the sequence of actions that worked for me:

  1. Files (folder icon)
  2. Added locations
  3. Plus icon (+)
  4. Add Folder
  5. Make sure the highlight (cursor) is on your Obsidian folder in iCloud
  6. Done

Now the whole Obsidian folder is listed as “Documents”, and you can tap through to find all your vaults and their hidden folders. Editing, though, requires the Pro plan.

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You can rename a file to .md, edit the file, and rename it back to whatever extension it was before (json, js, css, whatever) and you can use the app for free.

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Wow, never thought of that. Thank you so much!!

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Got it now thanks !