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Want to give your Obsidian vault an instant upgrade?

In this short newsletter, I want to share 10 quick tips that can help your vault start to feel a little more powerful and a lot easier to use.

1. Use the Quick Switcher — Navigate to any note instantly with ⌘-O, no file browsing required. Bonus tip: configure this to be your mobile quick action for navigating notes easily on your phone.
2. Use Hover Preview — Peek at linked note contents without ever leaving your current note. You can even adjust note metadata in the note preview!
3. Paste URLs Over Selected Text — Don't use ⌘-K to insert a Markdown link ever again. Instead, highlight your text and hit ⌘-V with a URL on your clipboard, and Obsidian formats the link for you automatically.
4. Use Callouts — Add visual highlights and structure to your notes with a simple one-line syntax. Customize your callouts even further with the Callout Manager plugin.
5. Create Atomic Notes with Note Composer — Extract selected text into a brand new linked note in just a few keystrokes. Choose between embedding notes or using standard internal links in the Note Composer settings.
6. Link to Note Headings — Use [[Note#Heading]] syntax to link directly to a specific section inside any note. The nodes in the graph view still exist at the note level, but this lets you jump straight to a specific section in your note when you click the link.
7. Reorder Headings with the Outline View — The Outline View does more than just let you navigate longer notes. You can also drag and drop headings in the sidebar to instantly restructure your note.
8. Set Up Custom Hotkeys — Map your most-used commands to keyboard shortcuts you'll actually remember. Bonus tip: use Hyperkey to remap your Caps Lock key and open up a bunch of new hotkey possibilities.
9. Link to Notes with Obsidian URLs — Copy a deep link to any note in your Obsidian vault and use it in your task manager, calendar, or email.
10. Use Canvas Cards as Dashboards — The Canvas core plugin can do more than just lay out notes on an infinite canvas. Drop code blocks into Canvas cards to build custom views of your vault data.

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— Mike