Moving from Evernote to Obsidian is easier when you treat migration as a staged process: back up first, export to Markdown, verify attachments and tags, then import into an Obsidian vault that you can inspect before committing.
Before changing your note system, create an ENEX backup plus a readable HTML or Markdown copy. That gives you a recovery path if a converter misses attachments, tags, or complex note formatting.
Obsidian works best with Markdown files and local folders. A clean Markdown export should preserve note titles, folder structure, internal links where possible, and nearby attachment files.
Open the exported vault, search for old notes, inspect image-heavy notes, check PDFs, and review tags with special characters. Migration is successful only when your real notebooks are usable in daily work.
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Apple Notes is a common destination for Mac and iPhone users, but the safer move starts with a verified local export, not a blind import.
Joplin users often want both preservation and editability. That means you should think about ENEX and Markdown as different tools, not competing guesses.
The most reliable workflow is to export Evernote notes into a format Obsidian can use, usually Markdown with attachments, then inspect the generated vault before relying on it.
Large attachment sets, special tag characters, complex tables, and embedded files are the common risk areas. A backup-first workflow makes those problems easier to catch.