Install and First Launch
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Install and First Launch
Download Obsidian from obsidian.md. It’s free. Create a new vault when prompted — pick a sensible location on your filesystem. ~/Documents/Vault or ~/Vault are both fine. Avoid cloud-synced folders for now (we’ll handle sync in Module 4).
When Obsidian opens, you’ll see a mostly empty interface. That’s correct. You’re starting from scratch.
Go into Settings (the gear icon) and turn off a few things that don’t serve you yet: restricted mode off (you’ll want plugins later), and set the default new note location to a folder called 01 Inbox. Create that folder first.