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  • apple shortcut – quick add to apple notes

    I use a shortcut to add to my daily note in apple notes all the time. Lets me capture my thoughts, lists and things my brain is bound to forget. The shortcut asks for input and then adds this to the bottom of a daily note in the notes folder. I have set the title…


  • an obsidian update

    I discussed in an previous post that I would be trying to stick with obsidian for a whole year. I will admit that there has been some swapping between obsidian and apple notes, but I seem to be finally happy with the way obsidian is working. This appears to be down to a new theme that I love and…


  • apple shortcut – obsidian daily note

    update: this is no longer required as the 1.11 mobile update to obsidian allows a direct shortcut to be created. This is a simple shortcut that will ask for some content and push it into the bottom of your daily note. If the daily note doesn’t exist it will create it. Note: You will need to…


  • a year of obsidian

    Perhaps I like messing about with the tools more than actually using them, but I regularly change where I keep my notes – a merry-go-round of Apple Notes, Bear and Obsidian. I suspect this is a good old fashioned example of procrastination, honing the tools whilst looking for the next even better thing. I’ve decided to stop and stick…