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# Obsidian

## What is it

According to the official website "Obsidian is the private and flexible note‑taking app that adapts to the way you think."

## Tips & Useful

### Open a folder as a vault

Sometimes you don't want to edit files from your vault. You might have files outside your vault that you wish to edit with Obsidian.

* Open Obsidiant
* Click here (bottom left "Open another vault")

![Open another vault](/files/QUaocleoVF3cvk65oTg0)

* Select "Open Folder as vault" and choose the folder you want

## Resources

* [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/)
* \[Getting Started with Obsidian: A Beginner’s Guide(<https://obsidian.rocks/getting-started-with-obsidian-a-beginners-guide/>)