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Obsidian Bases

https://obsidian.md/changelog/2025-05-21-desktop-v1.9.0/
49•Brajeshwar•8mo ago

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smodo•8mo ago
Looks good. I liked Notion but hated that I can’t migrate my data in the future.

Are there any good ways to attach files to notes? I often want to tie a memo or email to a note but have not found a convenient way.

HSO•8mo ago
Default way is drag and drop which adds a copy of the file to your attachments.

Another way is to put a file reference into your note (in a link). Your file stays where it is and you have a link to it in a note. Links are opened by default apps as per your OS config.

Since I use Keyboard Maestro on Mac, I wrap the file references in a KM callback url before I insert them in notes. That way you can run custom macros upon clicking a link and even pass parameters. For example, I add page numbers to links to PDFs and when I open such a link, it opens the PDF to the right page.

burgerrito•8mo ago
They are using a yaml file with .base extension for this.

https://help.obsidian.md/bases/syntax

Brajeshwar•8mo ago
I like the things that come out of Obsidian. I can walk out easily if need be and won't be worried that I'm stuck to a proprietary format. I believe their `.canvas` format is also just JSON.
cweagans•8mo ago
It is! And they separated the spec for it out into a separate thing: https://jsoncanvas.org/
vancroft•8mo ago
This looks really cool! I'm curious to try it out and see how the .base files look like
thomascountz•8mo ago
Here you go! https://help.obsidian.md/bases/syntax
dmazin•8mo ago
This is absolutely awesome.

I’ve often wanted something like 1Password except not secrets.

For example, what is my wife’s blood type? What is my grandma’s address? Right now I put those in notes but it’s not discoverable.

This seems perfect for that.

Loxicon•8mo ago
How do i download this for linux? the website still has the old version?
lordfrikk•8mo ago
If you pay for the Catalyst license (which you need to anyway to use this beta feature), when you log into the application, under General there's an option to enable "Receive early access versions". Then if you click on "Check for updates" it will download the latest version.
lordfrikk•8mo ago
Bases seem like a great alternative to Dataview [0] but better supported and with simpler syntax than literally writing inline JavaScript for more complicated stuff.

You can also export your table as CVS and they plan to properly support Obsidian Publish which was never supported in Dataview.

[0]: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview, I was a big fan but it seems the author has stopped actively developing it at some point which is a shame.

gxnxcxcx•8mo ago
> Datacore is a work-in-progress re-imagining of Dataview with a focus on 2-10x better query and rendering performance, as well as fully interactable views.

https://github.com/blacksmithgu/datacore

lordfrikk•8mo ago
The repo is now almost 3 years old (started in December 2022) but you still can't install the plugin via Obsidian. Looking at their roadmap, several features have been completed but for some reason they don't think it's ready to for use.

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