#1

I searched the forums.

I tried Obsidian a few times, opened a folder full of markdown files I was working on.

Then I opened the Help [notebook?]. That worked fine.

The windows went away somehow, all I have on my macOS is the top menu bar menu options, no windows. Nothing I do seems to restore the editor window.

Suggestions/questions welcome.
Thanks.

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#2

If you didnā€™t tried it yet, try to quit fully Obsidian (if normal way doesnā€™t work try to use Activity Monitor to force quit)

(I donā€™t know if it will work, but sometimes itā€™s helps with apps on mac)

#3

Iā€™m moving this to ā€œResolved helpā€ since there hasnā€™t been no replies for 3 days. Let me know if you have further questions, in which case we can move it back.

Thanks for understanding!

#4

I used Force Quit to close itā€¦ but the problem persists. I just tried it again.

Is it by design that you canā€™t create a new ā€œMain Windowā€ somehow? Thereā€™s no command-N for New, or command-M for Main window, orā€¦

If there are logs I can share, please let me know where to find them.

Thanks.

#5

Thereā€™s no empty state of the app, so to speak. Or maybe the switch vault interface should be the empty state?

If you canā€™t see the application window, thereā€™s no way to bring up the switch vault interface right now though, unfortunately.

#6

Iā€™m moving this to ā€œResolved helpā€ since there hasnā€™t been no replies for 3 days. Let me know if you have further questions, in which case we can move it back.

Thanks for understanding!

#7

I currently have the same issue, there is only the icon on the taskbar but when click on it there is nothing happen. Switching between application window, I still can see all the stuff is being there but found out no solution yet.Annotation 2020-10-10 005449

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#8

also met the same problem today, and Iā€™m using Win10.

#9

Do you use second monitor? Sometimes apps remember wrong location

I am only a user but I have a few ideas:

  1. Make copy of your notes folder
    2a) Move the folder with notes to other location and restart obsidian
    2b) If this doesnā€™t work to delete some of Obsidian configuration files (they should be in hidden folder starting with . in your vault folder, you need first to choose option in explorer to show hidden folder to be able to see this folder)
#10

The same thing is happening for me. Iā€™m using macOS. I have a menu bar with Edit, View and Help. Absolutely no windows. Nothing Iā€™ve done seems to open anything. Obsidian is effectively and literally useless in this state. I canā€™t open my vault or see any of my notes.

#11

I installed the latest version of Obsidian and my vault opens again. Phew!