Has anyone figured out a good way to paste links in notion from other applications like OmniFocus. The links from there or mail or other app-specific links don’t seem to play well in Notion. Considering how much @MacSparky likes contextual computing and having all the linking between apps, I’m curious how to best accomplish this.
Thanks!
I don’t use Notion, but in some apps you can wrap links in angle brackets, e.g., <obsidian://>, and it’ll make it a “real” link.
Without angle brackets:
obsidian://
With angle brackets:
obsidian://
Thanks for the info. That does not seem to work in Notion.
The only other thing I can think of is making a rich link, e.g., select some text, use insert link / cmd+k, then insert your url scheme link. E.g.: Obsidian
Although I’m not a Notion user, I guess that using Hookmark should work to generate links to external links. I use Hookmark extremely often to link all kinds of things together.
I use the Shortshare app to create a TinyURL link to the app link.
Specifically, I copy the app link to the clipboard (e.g., a link to a project in OmniFocus) and press the Shortshare keyboard shortcut. Shortshare places a TinyURL link to the app URL on the clipboard, ready to paste into Notion (or any other app/service that doesn’t support app links).
You’ll need to generate a TinyURL API Token, which requires a free TinyURL account. This is straightforward to setup.
An alternative is to use Hookmark to create a Universal Link. Their support page specifically references Notion.
I hope this helps!
I have tried hookmark and it doesn’t seem to like those urls either. But maybe I’m doing something wrong
I think this is what I was needing. Thank you!
I have tried hookmark and it doesn’t seem to like those urls either.
If you use Hookmark, you would need to create a Universal Link (https://hookmark.net/) instead of a standard Hookmark link (hook://).
A “Copy as Universal Link” option will appear if you open the Hookmark menu and hold down ⌥. Alternatively, you can invoke Hookmark and press ⌥⌘C to create a Universal Link.
Yeah, I’ve played with both now and I think short share will work best for me.
