Installing MindMax
How to install MindMax on macOS and Windows (from the Microsoft Store or the installer), what to do when SmartScreen warns about the installer, and how updates work.
Opening your first folder
What MindMax sets up on first launch, how to open a folder you already have, what it writes into that folder, and what to try in the first ten minutes.
Opening an Obsidian vault
How to open an existing Obsidian vault in MindMax without importing or converting anything, and where the compatibility layer stops.
Using your own API key
Add an API key you already pay for, or a model running on your own machine, point each kind of work at the model you want, and fix it when it will not connect.
Choosing what the AI can read
Control what MindMax's AI reads in your folder â hide files from AI, exclude folders, narrow one conversation, and see which files it can and cannot search yet.