Move your notes
Move your notes from Obsidian
Choose your vault folder. Links, embeds and tags carry over.
1At a glance
- How it works
- No export needed Choose the folder your notes are already in.
- How long
- About 1–2 minutes for most vaults; large vaults with many attachments take longer.
- What comes across
- ✓ Notebooks & folders
- ✓ Tags
2Step by step
3 steps. Nuxa shows you these same steps, one at a time.
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Step 1
Choose your vault
Choose the vault folder. Nuxa offers the vaults Obsidian knows about on this Mac.
Button in Nuxa: Choose the Vault…
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Step 2
Bringing your notes in…
Nuxa reads your Obsidian notes and adds them to a new notebook, “From Obsidian”. You can stop and resume.
Button in Nuxa: Import
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Step 3
Your notes are in
Here's what came across, and anything that couldn't be converted, with why.
Button in Nuxa: Open imported notes
3What comes across, and what doesn’t
When the import finishes, Nuxa shows a report of what came across, and anything it couldn’t convert, with why.
Comes across
- Folders, as sections
- Notes and front matter
- Wikilinks and embeds
- Tags and attachments
Doesn’t come across
- Canvas files
- Plugin data (Dataview queries stay as text)
4Troubleshooting
Tap a problem to see the fix.
Step 1 Choose your vault
I don't know where my vault is
In Obsidian, click the vault name at the bottom left ▸ Manage vaults: it shows the path.
My vault is in iCloud
Make sure the files are downloaded: in Finder, right-click the vault folder ▸ Download Now.
Step 2 Bringing your notes in…
It's taking a long time
Big libraries with many images take a while. You can keep working; stop and resume any time.
I stopped it by mistake
Click Resume: Nuxa carries on without reading everything again.
Step 3 Your notes are in
Some notes are missing
Check the list of things that weren't converted. Exports sometimes leave out notes the app keeps elsewhere.
I imported the wrong thing
Delete the “From Obsidian” notebook (⌘Z undoes it) and import again.
Any step Something else
I'm not sure which app I'm coming from
Pick Word, PDF & other files for loose documents, or Starting fresh.
macOS asks for permission
Nuxa asks before reading a folder or another app's notes. Click OK; nothing happens without your click.
Nothing seems to happen
Click Back and try the step again. If you're stuck, click Get help — it tells us which step you're on.
5Still stuck?
Email us and tell us which step you’re on. A human reads every message.
6Last checked September 25, 2026