I completely agree with your perspective. There’s no contradiction between your statement and the approach I’m suggesting. I’m addressing the challenges faced by individuals without access to a Mac.
In the hypothetical scenario where there’s no Mac, Typora can still serve as an effective tool for organizing knowledge/documents. My suggestion revolves around structuring your documents using Typora and placing the root of the docs into Dropbox/OneDrive, ensuring they remain in plain text (md). This setup grants you unrestricted access to organize and sync your notes.
Devonthink remains relevant in this context, as it can index the root of Typora markdown structures, preserving its functionalities. In summary:
- Organize your data assuming there’s no Mac (acknowledging that some individuals may find themselves in this situation).
- Constrain most of your knowledge to Markdown + images, with other file types (docs, pdf, ppt) stored in the assets folder.
- Use Devonthink to index these folders, treating them as a database.
This way, your data is accessible across Linux/Windows/Mac, and when you’re on a Mac, you can still leverage Devonthink. Since your files are text-based, it becomes easy to employ shell or Python scripts for effective management.
