The least scary Obsidian guide you’ll ever see

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Get Obsidian here obsidian.md/
0:00 - Welcome!
0:20 - The problem with Productivity KZread
1:18 - Installing Obsidian
1:36 - Creating a vault
2:20 - Installing a theme
4:02 - Changing fonts
4:50 - Window style
5:21 - Enable spell check
6:07 - Changing tab indenting
6:43 - Organizing your attachments
9:27 - General organization
9:51 - Installing plugins
10:05 - Better link pasting
11:34 - Hide some of Obsidian's cruft
12:30 - Shortcut Launcher
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  • @Sammysapphira
    @Sammysapphira2 ай бұрын

    Turning Obsidian into light mode is absolute heresy.

  • @jdawkins111

    @jdawkins111

    11 күн бұрын

    and not what we need to see in a video

  • @chowrites6179
    @chowrites61792 ай бұрын

    You taught this like you ACTUALLY like using this software. I can't tell you how many times I watch a vid like this and its got all the flair and know how but it really feels like the youtuber just uses it to make content not to actually enjoy and show off how much they know. Its amazing and I felt genuinely engaged in everything you explained. Thank you!

  • @adesai1000
    @adesai10005 ай бұрын

    THANK YOU for actually showing a way for beginners to start rather than just piling on complicated stuff to overwhelm the viewer

  • @abelardadebayor5642

    @abelardadebayor5642

    2 ай бұрын

    LOL i expected to just create a tree of notes in 2 mins, because i want to start myself. I have adhd, i dont have patention for dark mode info xd

  • @CoreLeadership
    @CoreLeadership Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I was thinking about Obsidian, but was completely overwhelmed by the other videos I watched. This one really simplified things and helped me get started.

  • @watheusbr
    @watheusbr3 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much, Matt! I saw some tutorials for obsidian and none explained it as well as you. You showed everything I needed to understand the app and start using it. One more subscriber!

  • @Merryande
    @Merryande3 ай бұрын

    The Assets folder thing helped me so much, thank you!

  • @chrisvmazer9692
    @chrisvmazer96923 ай бұрын

    Someone told me to get Obsidian because it's apparently useful for productivity. I was kinda overwhelmed and didn't know the difference to the standard Notes app I was using. I just now got introduced to the plugins, thank you!

  • @GaelyneGasson
    @GaelyneGasson Жыл бұрын

    I really liked your screen share format and where you put yourself on the screen. I watch videos while having dinner. I made the video full screen so I could read the text and found every time I looked over in the corner you were there and you did one of those things I'm not seeing too often. You look at the camera fairly often. It's a really nice touch! I've been using Obsidian daily since last October but I've taken on things very gradually. I definitely have issues with reading text on the screen so I'll be looking to find the font you mentioned. Thanks!

  • @weatherep0rt
    @weatherep0rt Жыл бұрын

    Awesome guide, thanks for the clarity and effort you put in this kind of videos, it shows! It'd be nice if you could explain in a video what apps do you use for taking notes etc. Also, the intro is just gold.

  • @russheritage
    @russheritage Жыл бұрын

    I've always been intimidated by Obsidian, so this was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

  • @sketchley
    @sketchley Жыл бұрын

    Great video. I think you're absolutely right about productivity videos on KZread: they're often just too much for us mere mortals.

  • @AtomLabX
    @AtomLabX Жыл бұрын

    You know this is not normal when he uses light mode instead of dark mode...

  • @Karl2Peter

    @Karl2Peter

    6 ай бұрын

    Cannot watch that because of light mode lol

  • @jonr6680

    @jonr6680

    6 ай бұрын

    The guy has runway lights in the ceiling, so...

  • @BathtubStillBill

    @BathtubStillBill

    5 ай бұрын

    Right? Overhead lighting suuucks

  • @garrettpatten6312

    @garrettpatten6312

    5 ай бұрын

    i can't see well in the dark mode

  • @garrettpatten6312

    @garrettpatten6312

    5 ай бұрын

    i can't see well in the dark mode

  • @patataeve
    @patataeve3 ай бұрын

    I had given up on obsidian because everything look super complicated and I just needed a simple notebook with smaller notebooks xD Thank you for the awesome video! Now I want to learn more!

  • @th3ja
    @th3ja2 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! Concise and straight to the point! Thank you!

  • @amandaalyse
    @amandaalyse3 ай бұрын

    I'm glad the first thing I did after installing Obsidian was watch this video. Super helpful!!!

  • @mffaruqi6830
    @mffaruqi68303 ай бұрын

    Your video lived up to its title. It's is the best and the least scary Obsidian guide on KZread. You covered all the basics I needed to get started. Thanks.

  • @DL-sx7yh
    @DL-sx7yh3 ай бұрын

    simple to the point, clean, and efficient = new subscriber

  • @hewsontran1389
    @hewsontran1389 Жыл бұрын

    This series is really great, keep it up!

  • @Greebstreebling
    @GreebstreeblingАй бұрын

    My day got better just with ABC= A Better Computer. 🙂 The rest was brilliant too. I'm making a Baroque Lute and wanted to document my progress. Your vid gave me everything I need to do that 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

  • @VaderFuntime
    @VaderFuntime5 ай бұрын

    Lol from the title I expected this to be a parody of Obsidian guides. Great stuff though!

  • @_elroyjetson
    @_elroyjetson Жыл бұрын

    On the Mac you can highlight a word or phrase, hit cmd+k and then paste in your url. cmd+k is a pretty standard way of adding links across Mac apps.

  • @WalidDamouny

    @WalidDamouny

    Жыл бұрын

    This a feature copied from MS Office 98 or 95. It's good to have cross compatability.

  • @BroonParker
    @BroonParker2 ай бұрын

    Just what I needed to see. Thank you.

  • @SivWUK
    @SivWUK8 ай бұрын

    Great introduction, thanks!

  • @luca414s
    @luca414s4 ай бұрын

    dude....thank you SERIOUSLY for this easy tutorial

  • @QuikSnoopy
    @QuikSnoopy3 ай бұрын

    great video mate

  • @matth285
    @matth2857 ай бұрын

    Great video! I was overwhelmed as well, this did help me with some base stuff I hadn't yet done or thought of. Thank you!

  • @emoneylovesyou
    @emoneylovesyou23 күн бұрын

    Finally a good simple intro video.

  • @fabricioakira.
    @fabricioakira. Жыл бұрын

    Please i need more of that

  • @winterdreaming
    @winterdreaming Жыл бұрын

    Are you still using Craft? How do you decide what to put in Craft and what in Obsidian?

  • @laylam4241
    @laylam42415 ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @zedsmelee
    @zedsmelee2 ай бұрын

    Nice intro, very helpful just to hear those ideas.

  • @alltheloveannie
    @alltheloveannie6 ай бұрын

    This video is so great to get started. There is so much that you can do with the app but I found it really hard to just get started, this video really helped with that:)

  • @utkarshkumar5774
    @utkarshkumar577411 күн бұрын

    crisp and clear !

  • @tsukareppi
    @tsukareppi5 ай бұрын

    Holy cow, I am so grateful to you for this video. I have watched 837 videos about Obsisidan, Zettlekasten, etc. until I wanted to pull out my hair. All I want is to be able to take notes and link them. Now I feel I can actually use this thing!

  • @arnold4631
    @arnold463110 ай бұрын

    This is awesome! Thank you for simplified things that others not do it

  • @xmanavenger1728
    @xmanavenger172822 күн бұрын

    bro woke up and chose to violate the consciousness of 165k people by choosing light mode

  • @garrettcox
    @garrettcox7 ай бұрын

    This is hilarious (title) I absolutely felt anxiety watching every other video posted. Thanks.

  • @justnaturalcake1
    @justnaturalcake1 Жыл бұрын

    I have managed to making sync work with iCloud, and it's fairly easy. It works on my Mac/Windows/iPhone, there's barely any delay and it's free

  • @felik888
    @felik888Ай бұрын

    thank you. I like this KISS (Keep It SImple Silly) version of Obsidian video!

  • @fulllifeadventures
    @fulllifeadventures Жыл бұрын

    Great video as usual👍🏼

  • @GabeAmely
    @GabeAmelyАй бұрын

    Awesome and very unscary 😂 I’m new to PKM and have been looking for a good entry into obsidian. Thank you.

  • @kristiharman2843
    @kristiharman28437 ай бұрын

    This is so freaking helpful thank you so much!

  • @csilipo
    @csilipoАй бұрын

    Hi any chance you could show up the ‘banner’ plugin? I’m really confused. Tks Carlo

  • @AnimalAce
    @AnimalAce6 ай бұрын

    Very nice! Thanks for these tips!

  • @spencerniemeier4243
    @spencerniemeier42435 ай бұрын

    Bless this man and his suspiciously Lego shaped plants

  • @Reoku64
    @Reoku64Ай бұрын

    Great intro video, got a sub from me!

  • @dezkar7944
    @dezkar79446 ай бұрын

    great video! helped a lot, thanks!

  • @srgb88
    @srgb884 күн бұрын

    This video is above average due to its simplicity.

  • @user-be3ep2jp2q
    @user-be3ep2jp2q2 ай бұрын

    Thanks dude

  • @chechin4797
    @chechin47972 ай бұрын

    My savior

  • @GarryKnight
    @GarryKnight Жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks! Like you, I created my vault in my iCloud folder, and I set Obsidian up to have my images go into a folder called attachments inside the same folder as the note the image is in. And it all works well on my Mac. However, neither the attachments folder nor the images in it get synced to iCloud and hence don't show up on my iPad and iPhone. Have you had this problem? If so, how did you solve it?

  • @stephenlister3599
    @stephenlister3599 Жыл бұрын

    This was really helpful Thank you

  • @shaileshsundram
    @shaileshsundram Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know Obsidian was free for individuals. You explain really well. Great video. Though I am hopping the Notion bandwagon, I am not sure if Obsidian will be a better choice. Have to try it.

  • @FaunoAtelie
    @FaunoAtelie2 ай бұрын

    Light mode on Obsidian is borderline criminal

  • @astty1074
    @astty107424 күн бұрын

    I agree that some videos start way too deep and are not friendly to beginners. But 15 minutes for mostly interface and basic functions is a stretch.

  • @DannyHatcherTech
    @DannyHatcherTech Жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. I think some of the points you make at the start are too generalized but that is me... "look at this mindmap I created" - Most Obsidian users don't use mindmaps - maybe you meant graph or canvas but they are often briefly mentioned. "look at how my life is in here" - Most Obsdiian creators I watch discuss how their notes are in Obsidian not necessarily work things, tasks, projects etc... "producutivity youtubers" - a subjective category which in the Obsidian world to what I see is very small and many show what they are doing at the time "not useful to most people" - sharing everything for someone to get 1 tip from is the point right? as you said in the video we all organize things different. Apart from aesthetic changes I would be curious to see how you are using Obsidian. You titled it "least scary" yet discuss communities themes and community plugins which go straight into addons rather than the core app. Not saying that is a bad approach, just not sure it is the least scary from my experience helping new users. Thanks again for the video, and just sharing my initial thoughts.

  • @one-seventh
    @one-seventh5 ай бұрын

    What is Obsidian used for? Does it actually have a use?

  • @amthystxx

    @amthystxx

    5 ай бұрын

    Taking notes

  • @laughingWithMouthOpenEmoji
    @laughingWithMouthOpenEmoji15 күн бұрын

    least scary obsidian vid... 'oh cool' time stamp:

  • @laughingWithMouthOpenEmoji

    @laughingWithMouthOpenEmoji

    15 күн бұрын

    I was wrong, this was not scary.

  • @bobbastian760
    @bobbastian76024 күн бұрын

    It would be nice to get into how it works rather than esoteric interface stuff immediately. I have no idea what this app can do and I'm half way into the video and still have no idea.

  • @bobbastian760
    @bobbastian76024 күн бұрын

    "Light interfaces look nicer" Is this the Mirror Universe? 🤔

  • @marcorobbe9003
    @marcorobbe90035 ай бұрын

    Hi and thanks for your Great Video. Yes, I think, you are right. Most People are doing think much to complex. Regarding Apple shortcuts: Do you know a way to Import contacts from the iPhone into obsidian? I think, it is possible to read Name, etc from the contact and write it to a file. But maybe there is an easier way? I would like to trigger the contact from within the contact or by selecting the contact After the trigger. Then I would like to read some contact Information and write them to obsidian and also write a Shorts Note into the contact

  • @thethefts1741
    @thethefts17414 ай бұрын

    so, you are also part of the Hyperlegible cult, huh?

  • @Timey
    @TimeyАй бұрын

    I still don't understand why people would use this over Google docs, is there something this can do that docs can't?

  • @desativado-oficial

    @desativado-oficial

    Ай бұрын

    I mean, why would people prefer Obsidian over Fantasia Archive for writing novels?

  • @Timey

    @Timey

    Ай бұрын

    @@desativado-oficial yeah but I can take all my notes in Google docs for every class except math but I don't think you could take math notes in obsidian either unless you have a drawing tablet

  • @desativado-oficial

    @desativado-oficial

    Ай бұрын

    @@Timey I made a chat in ChatGPT especially for notes, where I make file simulator, as /File/sub-file/math-notes as a sample of it, so that when I want to retake those notes, I call back for the directory easily, even with listed brute information of my previous texts. I mean, quite hard to use at first, but very useful.

  • @akioasakura3624
    @akioasakura36248 ай бұрын

    sir thank you so much. youre amazing at explaining and the video is fun. tysm. every other tutorial goes on and on about nothing. big up sir

  • @davidsen5439
    @davidsen5439Ай бұрын

    "I'm gonna use the light mode because it looks better".......

  • @vfxnation6919
    @vfxnation69199 күн бұрын

    Well light mode killed it for me , cya!

  • @Defebwar
    @Defebwar10 ай бұрын

    Um...Lorem Ipsum are real words...just not English. Lorem Ipsum dummy text is Latin from Cicero's "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum".

  • @Alche_mist

    @Alche_mist

    6 ай бұрын

    But some of the word are intentionally malformed so that the text doesn't distract (too much) even Latin speaker.

  • @mrodrod9553
    @mrodrod95534 ай бұрын

    what an absolute psycho choosing light mode. Ngl i sincerely had to research if your theme choice was good after the light mode take.

  • @mrodrod9553

    @mrodrod9553

    4 ай бұрын

    good vid tho

  • @bobbastian760
    @bobbastian76024 күн бұрын

    This should be called "interface guide to Obsidian" 😂 Still no idea really what this app even does beyond text notes 😂

  • @shadowseek27
    @shadowseek275 ай бұрын

    light theme gross lmao, nice guide though

  • @SHONNER
    @SHONNER5 ай бұрын

    Works with Grammarly?

  • @bozzigmupp510
    @bozzigmupp5103 ай бұрын

    This didnt show anything of the usage of obsidian :/

  • @Nutrisof
    @Nutrisof2 ай бұрын

    Dude looks like a grown-up baby, lol. Great video btw! 💫

  • @NomDeBits
    @NomDeBits11 ай бұрын

    I want to like Obsidian, and other apps like Reflect and Capacities, but the non-native Electron text entry just kills it for me. For a writing app, I can’t not have autocorrect, so I’d rather use a less capable but way more native app like Agenda, or even the new linking to other notes-capable version of Apple Notes.

  • @saschavjater9065
    @saschavjater906523 күн бұрын

    Blud literally said nothing. Asset folder is cool, remove scrollbars if you have extreme adhd is cool too, but I came here for a tutorial of using obsidian, not for setting it up tidily

  • @Dre2000lbs

    @Dre2000lbs

    7 сағат бұрын

    For real. Download plug-ins? This missed the mark so much. Terrible intro IMO

  • @evaander
    @evaander6 ай бұрын

    im sorry but getting flashed by light mode is not it

  • @HenrikFrejasFar
    @HenrikFrejasFarАй бұрын

    It went pretty fast and I had to go back a couple of times to get everything, well I tried to follow your actions in my own obsidian. ... SLOOOOOOWWWWW DOOOOWN

  • @IceblueParamedic

    @IceblueParamedic

    17 күн бұрын

    You can pause videos nowadays

  • @enoynaert
    @enoynaert6 ай бұрын

    My criticism of KZread software videos is that they spend minutes changing the fonts and colors. It now works the same on every piece of software out there. Get light or dark by your preference. Anyone who is interested enough to use something like Obsidian does not need two seconds of introduction about how to change the appearance. Every text software lets you indent text. They work the same. Move on. Focus on what makes the software significant. You can still make that part simple and direct. That is what most people want to watch in the video.

  • @seunomeaqui_
    @seunomeaqui_ Жыл бұрын

    0:47 The most big truth ever said on KZread 😂

  • @marcotonelli1526
    @marcotonelli15265 ай бұрын

    He specifically chose white mode? why do some people hate their retinas

  • @edwardserfontein4126
    @edwardserfontein41266 ай бұрын

    Contrary to your intro you spent quite a lot of time on the interface.

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