Obsidian stores your notes as local Markdown files, which makes moving easier than with most tools. Bear brings clean Markdown editing with flexible tags to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Learn how to convert your Obsidian notes to Bear in a few simple steps below.
Locate your Obsidian vault
Your notes are stored as Markdown files inside your vault folder. Open Obsidian, then go to File → Open Vault… and look at the path it shows — for example /Users/you/Documents/Obsidian Vault on macOS, or C:\Users\you\Documents\Obsidian Vault on Windows. On iPhone or iPad, compress the vault folder into a .zip file.
Convert your notes
With your vault located, the conversion itself takes seconds. We'll use our app Notes Convert, the only notes conversion tool on the market, that runs entirely on your device. You can download Notes Convert here. It's free for 50 notes, and inexpensive for unlimited notes.
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Import into Notes Convert: Open Notes Convert and set the import format to Obsidian. Click Open Folder… and select your Obsidian vault folder, or, if you compressed your vault, click Open File… and select the .zip file. If you only need to convert one individual note, click Open File… and select that note's .md file. Notes Convert reads them straight from disk.
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Choose Bear and convert: Pick Bear as the output format, click Convert, choose where to save your notes, and wait for the conversion.
Import into Bear
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Open Bear on your Mac: Import is easiest on macOS.
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Import your notes: If you exported your notes as Bear, go to File → Import Notes…, select the .enex file Notes Convert produced, and click Import notes. If you exported them as Bear (Markdown) instead, go to File → Import From… → Markdown Folder and select the folder with the .md files Notes Convert produced.
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Add tags: Once your notes are in, add Bear's #tags to organize them the way you like.
Done
Your Bear notes are ready to be used any way you want. Enjoy!
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