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Former ConnectedText users, what software did you switch to?
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Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hi TempusFugit,
Many thanks for all the advice, good stuff!
TempusFugit wrote:
Dr. A:
>I migrated to “Obsidian App” and am more than impressed.
>
>Very modifiable.
>
>Check YT videos, esp. by a creator called “Danny Hatcher”
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfBpltPx0w
>
>I stopped using CT years ago, but try to export your Topics/Entries to a
>common format.
>
>Either as a Group and/or Individual Topics.
>
>Perhaps Export your CT entries to most simple text level.
>
>There are already some plugins that facilitate importation of some
>common backups.
>
>But, consider the power of ChatGPT and/or Grok to
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>(A) Learn / recall “Obsidian App” use of YAML in *.md files (your target
>format)
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>then for whatever backup/export file type you use to exfil your CT
>content
>
>(A) ask the AI to take either the xml or other output CT file and
>TRANSLATE IT to YAML / *.md
>
>Try this on various export types OR worst case, feed the AI the raw text
>of the output file and ask ChatGPT/Grok to transform to yaml/md
>
>you can tag and categorize each note for connectivity.
>
>You may have to re-tag and re-categ your notes. (Or see if the AI can
>discern and translate CT’s tags as defined in it exports.)
>
>“Obsidian App” is free / open design / LOCAL and not on Amazon Servers.
>
>You can adapt to it. I promise.