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#Noteplan 3 mac
I tested out CloudKit which is very robust but as we’ve discussed CloudKit doesn’t include Obsidian vault files in it’s sync so it doesn’t help with Mac to Mac syncing.įWIW I’ve also been testing out directly syncing the NotePlan data folders between two Macs using Resilio sync which seems to work pretty well.Įdit: I still think NotePlan is a great option for accessing between a Mac and a mobile device but things get more complicated if you want to sync your notes across two Macs.I'm Eduard. I think based on this Dropbox sync is still too unreliable to meaningfully work between both apps at the same time. This is important because you would expect to open your Obsidian vault based on the Dropbox folder but that’s not necessarily the latest version of a file.

If you open a note in finder from NotePlan you’ll see it goes to the container folder, not directly to the Dropbox. It seems like NotePlan speaks to the API which then sends the file to your Dropbox folder.
#Noteplan 3 update
Daily notes sync’d pretty well, I didn’t see major issues and sync was relatively quick (5-10 seconds typically from making an update on one device to seeing it another.
#Noteplan 3 install
I did a fresh install of NotePlan across a couple of devices (iOS and Mac) and set it up with a clean version of Dropbox sync. Thanks again!Īs it’s Friday I spent a bit of time playing with NotePlan again to see how the latest betas are performing. Still, as both apps continue to develop, I think we’ll see more divergence than convergence here. You’re right in that the overlap of both apps may mean that just one might be enough for most people. Plus, customizability (especially with plugins) is a major boon-I love using the “ focus mode” and “ Andy’s mode” tweaks to get different emphases on what I’m working on, for instance. The graph, transclusion, search, and window management features all make Obsidian a bit more powerful, for me. But the main ones are above!Įdit: missed that the question went both ways… As for why not to use just NotePlan, I find Obsidian’s “IDE for thought” approach to be more productive than NotePlan.

#Noteplan 3 windows
NotePlan also provides a few other benefits unavailable in Obsidian: you can open notes in their own windows on macOS you can use to tag people and it’ll pull them together, there’s a CloudKit-based collaboration option (e.g., share a note with another NotePlan user and you can both edit it simultaneously). (E.g., I can review and interact with every “overdue” task from my previous daily notes in one view.) If you’re not managing projects/tasks within your notes, this won’t matter, but NotePlan provides an intuitive rollup of tasks that is very handy. NotePlan gives us a powerful way to access and add to our notes when away from the desk. I meant this post mostly as a “how” to use both apps, but perhaps the “why” deserves its own write-up-or at least a bigger call-out.
