There’s one function in particular that I feel I need to mention and that is the ‘Focus’ function. You can still Undo, Redo, search within the text, use bullets and/or italics, but all the functions that iA Writer has are to remove the distraction and to allow you to focus on writing.Įasy writing is its goal, and once you have written down everything you want, you can use iA Writer to export them to other types of document (plain text files, HTML, PDF or to a Microsoft Word) which all bar PDF can be used to import into other programs, where you can change the formatting to your hearts content. It’s not completely functionless, of course. In its most fundamental way, it’s for people who want a quick and easy way to put down words and not have to worry about any of the complexity relating to fonts, colours, line sizes, or indents. It’s an app designed for those who want to write. It is this simplistic level of functionality that ensures its main purpose is achieved. I’ve been using it for over two years now and I’m quite happy with this little app. It does away with most of the bells and whistles inhabiting other word processing apps and keeps it all very simple. The iA Writer app is a word processor that does very little more than provide a virtual typewriter for you. I can write and edit in either, and use Obsidian’s linking, split-screen and other features if I want to.ĭo you use Obsidian or iA Writer? Let me know what you do with these apps in the comments.It seems a little odd to me, that I should be writing a review for a mobile app and singing its praises because of how few functions it has, but that’s exactly what I’m doing. All my text files are now available in both apps. Use the Rename Finder Items pane to replace “.txt” with “.md”. txt files in Finder, then choose “Rename” from the drop-down menu If the extension is hidden, right-click, select “Get Info”, then uncheck the “Hide extension” box. To make them visible in Obsidian, I had to change. Most of the files I’d already created in Writer still had the. Now, any files I create in Writer will be immediately compatible with Obsidian. I went into Writer’s preferences and selected the. txt as the file extension, but Obsidian only recognises. That wasn’t the end of the process, however.īy default, Writer uses. I then added the Obsidian vault to Writer’s library as an external source. This was a simple case of drag and drop – just as it should be with plain text. To make my documents available in both apps, I moved everything from Writer’s iCloud folder to my Obsidian “vault”. Knowing I can be a bit like that, I looked for a simpler approach – and the answer was soon apparent. I did a bit of overthinking and tried one or two things that were too complicated. I wanted to be able to work in Writer, but also have my files available in Obsidian. But for longer pieces, posts such as this, or when I really want to get into the zone, iA Writer is my preferred writing environment. The ability to link files in Obsidian is extremely useful, and can feed the work. I’ve struggled for a long time with the organisation of my writing, notes, ideas, links and other bits and pieces. I’m still experimenting with organisation, but having tried several alternatives, Obsidian feels right as a repository for my texts, ideas and miscellaneous information. The upshot is that Obsidian works with plain text, and offers a load of features beneficial to creators of any kind. I’m not going into too much detail about it here as there are enough posts and videos out there already. Obsidian is an extremely versatile application. Here’s a perfect example, and how to make your text files accessible in both iA Writer and Obsidian. I mentioned in my previous post about iA, Ulysses & Scrivener how I like to be able to see my files in the Finder, and how this can be useful.
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