<!doctype html><htmllang=en><head><metacharset=utf-8><metaname=descriptioncontent="Setup Obsidian is the preferred way to use Quartz. You can either create a new Obsidian Vault or link one that your already have."><metaproperty="og:title"content="Obsidian Vault Integration"><metaproperty="og:description"content="Setup Obsidian is the preferred way to use Quartz. You can either create a new Obsidian Vault or link one that your already have."><metaproperty="og:type"content="website"><metaproperty="og:image"content="https://falsy.cat/icon.png"><metaproperty="og:url"content="https://falsy.cat/notes/obsidian/"><metaproperty="og:width"content="200"><metaproperty="og:height"content="200"><metaname=twitter:cardcontent="summary"><metaname=twitter:titlecontent="Obsidian Vault Integration"><metaname=twitter:descriptioncontent="Setup Obsidian is the preferred way to use Quartz. You can either create a new Obsidian Vault or link one that your already have."><metaname=twitter:imagecontent="https://falsy.cat/icon.png"><metaname=twitter:sitecontent="_jzhao"><title>Obsidian Vault Integration</title><metaname=viewportcontent="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><linkrel="shortcut icon"type=image/pnghref=https://falsy.cat//icon.png><linkhref=https://falsy.cat/styles.b369a84b3c6e6bfd686ad1f9da65641c.min.cssrel=stylesheet><linkhref=https://falsy.cat/styles/_light_syntax.86a48a52faebeaaf42158b72922b1c90.min.cssrel=stylesheetid=theme-link><scriptsrc=https://falsy.cat/js/darkmode.99648ef714ed1ed9c3633d3858f3741d.min.js></script>
<script>window.plausible=window.plausible||function(){(window.plausible.q=window.plausible.q||[]).push(arguments)}</script></head><body><divid=search-container><divid=search-space><inputautocomplete=offid=search-barname=searchtype=textaria-label=Searchplaceholder="Search for something..."><divid=results-container></div></div></div><scriptsrc=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flexsearch@0.7.21/dist/flexsearch.bundle.jsintegrity="sha256-i3A0NZGkhsKjVMzFxv3ksk0DZh3aXqu0l49Bbh0MdjE="crossorigin=anonymousdefer></script>
<scriptdefersrc=https://falsy.cat/js/full-text-search.e6e2e0c213187ca0c703d6e2c7a77fcd.min.js></script><divclass=singlePage><header><h1id=page-title><aclass=root-titlehref=https://falsy.cat/>🪴 Quartz 3.3</a></h1><divclass=spacer></div><divid=search-icon><p>Search</p><svgtabindex="0"aria-labelledby="title desc"role="img"xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><titleid="title">Search Icon</title><descid="desc">Icon to open search</desc><gclass="search-path"fill="none"><pathstroke-linecap="square"d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circlecx="8"cy="8"r="7"/></g></svg></div><divclass=darkmode><inputclass=toggleid=darkmode-toggletype=checkboxtabindex=-1>
<ahref=https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz/tree/hugo/content/notes/obsidian.mdrel=noopener>Edit Source</a></p><ulclass=tags><li><ahref=https://falsy.cat/tags/setup/>Setup</a></li></ul><asideclass=mainTOC><details><summary>Table of Contents</summary><navid=TableOfContents><ol><li><ahref=#setup>Setup</a><ol><li><ahref=#new-vault>New Vault</a></li><li><ahref=#linking-an-existing-vault>Linking an existing Vault</a></li></ol></li><li><ahref=#settings>Settings</a></li><li><ahref=#templates>Templates</a></li></ol></nav></details></aside><ahref=#setup><h2id=setup><spanclass=hanchorarialabel=Anchor># </span>Setup</h2></a><p>Obsidian is the preferred way to use Quartz. You can either create a new Obsidian Vault or link one that your already have.</p><ahref=#new-vault><h3id=new-vault><spanclass=hanchorarialabel=Anchor># </span>New Vault</h3></a><p>If you don’t have an existing Vault,
<ahref=https://obsidian.md/rel=noopener>download Obsidian</a> and create a new Vault in the <code>/content</code> folder that you created and cloned during the
<ahref=/notes/setup/rel=noopenerclass=internal-linkdata-src=/notes/setup/>setup</a> step.</p><ahref=#linking-an-existing-vault><h3id=linking-an-existing-vault><spanclass=hanchorarialabel=Anchor># </span>Linking an existing Vault</h3></a><p>The easiest way to use an existing Vault is to copy all of your files (directory and hierarchies intact) into the <code>/content</code> folder.</p><ahref=#settings><h2id=settings><spanclass=hanchorarialabel=Anchor># </span>Settings</h2></a><p>Great, now that you have your Obsidian linked to your Quartz, let’s fix some settings so that they play well.</p><p>Open Settings > Files & Links and look for these two items:</p><ol><li>Set the <strong>New link format</strong> to <strong>Absolute Path in vault</strong>.</li><li>Turn <strong>on</strong> the <strong>Automatically update internal links</strong> setting.</li></ol><p><imgsrc=https://falsy.cat//notes/images/obsidian-settings.pngwidth=autoalt="Obsidian Settings"><em>Obsidian Settings</em></p><ahref=#templates><h2id=templates><spanclass=hanchorarialabel=Anchor># </span>Templates</h2></a><p>Inserting front matter everytime you want to create a new Note gets annoying really quickly. Luckily, Obsidian supports templates which makes inserting new content really easily.</p><p><strong>If you decide to overwrite the <code>/content</code> folder completely, don’t remove the <code>/content/templates</code> folder!</strong></p><p>Head over to Options > Core Plugins and enable the Templates plugin. Then go to Options > Hotkeys and set a hotkey for ‘Insert Template’ (I recommend <code>[cmd]+T</code>). That way, when you create a new note, you can just press the hotkey for a new template and be ready to go!</p><blockquote><p>👀 Step 4:
