I’m new to Obsidian and trying to set it up. I have two laptops I use. One is owned by my company, the other is mine personally. I want to run Obsidian on both and share the vault, but I’d prefer not to store anything locally on the company laptop. Is that possible? If so, what’s the best way to set it up?
I have created an account and have a default “vault” on each machine. I need to know how to proceed from there.
Hello.
Since data must always be stored somewhere, you can’t “not store anything” on the company computer. Even when you use Google Docs to write, it secretly stores data locally.
You can sync your notes using Obsidian Sync, the built-in option. Otherwise, you can also place your vault in a shared network drive, such as iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc. Both of these methods will sync your notes across both devices. You could also use git, if you know how.
I would recommend the cloud storage option if your company provides you with those, because with Obsidian Sync, they don’t give you all that much storage unless you subscribe.
There are countless different ways to set this up. It entirely depends on the circumstances.
Examples for setups:
