Device: darwin, Apple M4 Max
Client ID: 3ce9a355069547b2bb6e6ff1cf04939b
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 48
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -
Revision: e9a9f68
Backup: 1.4.3
Freehand Drawing: 3.1.0
Sync target
OneDrive
Editor
Markdown Editor
What issue do you have?
Currently, I use Obsidian. In addtion to making notes (markdown). I have files (PDF, Zip, Text, really all kinds, mp3, mp4's) in my obsidian folders. I have it stored in icloud to sync to all my devices.
I have tried to do a similar thing with Joplin. The point is that this allows me to have a single place to store both notes and related files. In my OneDrive folder apps/Joplin, I'm not seeing a structure where I could just copy files into there.
I see references to attached PDF's (or other files I guess) to markdown files. Is that what needs to be done? or is there a way to just copy files into the folder structure and then open them easily?
You don't want to copy any files directly to the sync target,
Joplin works a bit differently than obsidian where it's not looking at a vault of files directly on your filesystem
Joplin stores your notes in a sqlite database. Any attachments are stored in a folder under your joplin profile directory, but joplin keeps track of them in the database (each resource has a resource id, e.g. :/f95fc3ed93c0437ebe47c513cdc906aa). The files that you see on onedrive are a copy of your notes/attachments used only for synchronization.
To add attachments to joplin, you would drag and drop the file into a note or use the attach file button in the note toolbar and joplin will handle adding the attachment to the database/resources folder.
If you're importing notes from Obsidian to Joplin for the first time, you can use the built in markdown import (file | import | markdown directory) which should handle importing attachments and directory structure.
The key thing before doing the import is to make sure that your obsidian links are using standard markdown link format, e.g. for an image:
not wikilinks format, e.g:
![[filename.jpg]]
If your obsidian attachments are currently using wikilinks format, a few options to convert them:
