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How to add, configure, and sync sources in ONA.UNO

Source types

ONA.UNO brings content from five source types into your timeline:

  • Files and folders — documents, PDFs, images, HTML files, and more from any folder on your Mac
  • Browser Clips — web pages you save using the ONA.UNO Clipper extension
  • Apple Mail — emails from your Mac’s Mail app, with configurable date range filtering
  • Obsidian Vault — notes from your Obsidian vaults via the companion plugin
  • Feedbin — starred articles from your Feedbin RSS account

Each source type has different setup and behavior, but once processed, all items appear in the same timeline and work with the same search, summaries, and chat features.

Adding and configuring sources

Go to Settings → Sources to add new sources, configure options for existing ones, temporarily disable a source, or re-enable it later.

Disabling a source pauses syncing but doesn’t remove already indexed content from your library. Removing a source is permanent — ONA.UNO asks for confirmation first, and if you confirm, it deletes that source and all its indexed items from the current Set.

Sets in toolbar vs Sources settings

Use the toolbar Set switcher (current Set name, left of Sources) for quick switching. Use Settings → Sources to manage Sets (create, rename, delete) and to configure sources.

Automatic updates

Once you’ve configured a source, ONA.UNO keeps it in sync automatically. Edit a file in a watched folder and ONA.UNO picks up the change. Save a browser clip and it appears in your timeline. New eligible content from any connected source is queued for processing without you having to do anything.

If you switch Sets or disable a source while processing is running, ONA.UNO cleanly stops the work in progress and picks up with whatever is current — you don’t need to worry about stale results from a previous state.

Some source types have their own filtering rules that affect which items stay in scope. For example, Mail lets you set a date range. See the source-specific pages below for details.

Processing progress is always visible in the status bar.

Sources belong to Sets

Each Set (library) has its own sources. Switching Sets changes which sources are active and what appears in your timeline. If you’re expecting to see certain items and they’re not there, check that you’re in the right Set.

See Sets (Libraries).

Demo sources

The bundled Demo set includes sample sources — a folder, an Obsidian-style vault, and Browser Clips — so you can see what a multi-source library looks like right away. These are read-only examples: they don’t watch folders or sync with external services. They’re there to demonstrate the experience before you connect your own content.

Source-specific setup

Each source type has its own setup details and options:

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