Apple Notes Importer doesn't import anything

[axelson]

I installed the Importer plugin today to try to import my apple notes, however nothing is imported and there is a console error (although no user-visible error):

Here's the full error:

Uncaught (in promise) Error: Error: mode should be one of: ascii column csv html insert line list quote tabs tcl

    at Socket.h (plugin:obsidian-importer:71:260)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:628:26)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:324:12)
    at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:297:9)
    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:234:10)
    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
h @ plugin:obsidian-importer:71
onceWrapper @ node:events:628
emit @ node:events:513
addChunk @ node:internal/streams/readable:324
readableAddChunk @ node:internal/streams/readable:297
Readable.push @ node:internal/streams/readable:234
onStreamRead @ node:internal/stream_base_commons:190

And here's my debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.4.16
Installer version: v1.4.13
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 20.6.0: Thu Jul 6 22:12:47 PDT 2023; root:xnu-7195.141.49.702.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64 20.6.0
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: supporter
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 1
Plugins enabled: 1
1: Importer v1.5.3

Note: this is on a fresh vault with nothing done except installing the importer plugin.

[mirnovov]

It appears that this is since you are on an older unsupported version of macOS which bundles an older version of SQLite, while the sqlite-tag-spawned library which the plugin depends on requires a newer version.

Idk whether the Obsidian team supports unsupported versions of macOS, especially as some of the libraries they rely on (eg Electron) aren’t supported much further back than this. Though on the other hand, it kinda makes sense to support maximal backwards compatibility for this plugin in particular.

If they do choose to maintain compatibility it shouldn’t be too hard to add a fallback for older OS versions though, seems like a relatively easy tweak, and the plugin already vendors a modified version of this library. I’d be happy to do a PR for this if that’s something the devs want.

[wdfry]

Same for me on current OS:
The strange thing, I tried 5 times in my regular vault with plugins enabled, and each import was blank. Tried the sandbox vault and it worked, then went back to mine without closing or reloading or anything and it started working. Below are my logs if it helps:

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.4.16
Installer version: v1.4.16
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Mon Oct 9 21:28:31 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.41.9~6/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 23.1.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: Minimal v7.3.4
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 15
Plugins enabled: 15
1: Advanced Tables v0.19.1
2: Calendar v1.5.10
3: Dataview v0.5.63
4: Editor Syntax Highlight v0.1.3
5: Find orphaned files and broken links v1.9.1
6: Homepage v3.6.0
7: Obsidian42 - BRAT v0.7.0
8: Quick Switcher++ v3.3.8
9: QuickAdd v1.4.0
10: Templater v1.16.4
11: Datacore v0.1.2
12: Importer v1.5.3
13: Minimal Theme Settings v7.3.0
14: Plugin Update Tracker v1.5.2
15: Archiver v0.26.1

[mirnovov]

This appears to be caused by a separate problem.

It seems the static-params dependency was accidentally not upgraded to 0.4 for the build of the latest version, hence it fails when Import recently deleted notes is checked (and maybe sometimes otherwise as well). The minified code of the official release seems to not incorporate the respective changes in 0.4.

[kepano]

Fixed in 1.5.4

[mirnovov]

@kepano sorry to bother you, but in case you weren't aware, this only fixes wdfry's problem, not the initial one reported by axelson. Although the symptoms are the same the cause is different - the initial report was due to using an unsupported version of macOS.

[axelson]

Ah, issues caused by an older version makes sense (although unfortunately this is the latest OS that this macbook air supports).

Although it would be nice if there was a graphical error message shown, that would help user's know that an error has occurred.

[mirnovov]

I've opened a pull request with support for older versions in #163. Though if the Obsidian team chooses not to implement this then a message is a good idea. Keep in mind they are busy (and have already spent quite a bit of time going over my contributions so far) so this may take a while to make it into a release.

[axelson]

Awesome, thank you so much!

[kepano]

Closed via 1.5.5