Question about Indexing folders
First and most important question: Why? What problem are you hoping to fix? Have you read and understood about indexing in the “DEVONthink Manual”, In & Out chapter? That’s a very important place...
View Article"Extras" are a constant source of frustration and irritation
Im wondering how something that’s free and useful can be “a source of frustration”. Even if it’s not available in your preferred format (to which you can easily convert, btw), it is still free and...
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"Extras" are a constant source of frustration and irritation
thank you for your comment. the frustration comes from the fact I receive the notification → look forward to reading it→ can’t access it in the format I want. chrillek: (to which you can easily...
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Okay, I’ll dig a little deeper, I’d planned to anyway, I just thought someone might point out some obvious reason to not go this route. I just like the idea of having those files backed up in the cloud.
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Question about Indexing folders
I hope you are not misunderstanding me. There are indeed issues to think about and the biggies are discussed in the “DEVONthink Manual”. Also important to know the “why” to know if doing it fixes any...
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I have 4 backups, but for my genealogy documents, they’re only in the cloud in my genealogy program… which I suppose is probably good enough. I will dig deeper, indexing files is just something I...
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but for my genealogy documents, they’re only in the cloud in my genealogy program… If you mean they are only in the cloud, I would advise against this. What happens when your network goes down or the...
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MacFamilyTree has the same records stored within its database that I keep in DT. MFT syncs to iCloud. My DT databases are synced with another computer, backd up automatically via Time Machine, and the...
View ArticleRevisiting ways to import from Apple Mail
I think I am. I used the global script to add messages and attachments. I am trying to archive emails from Mail. So far it is running non stop for 3 days… I think there were 50,000 messages
View ArticleRevisiting ways to import from Apple Mail
Hold the Option key and choose Help > Report bug to start a support ticket.
View ArticleWill we have a DT 4 in the near future？
I like dt3 a lot, but I still use obsidian for writing and using plugins like excalidraw to sort out my ideas… I often combine dt with obsidian. If only DT had better editing skills. At the same...
View ArticleFiltering search results based on MultiMarkdown metadata or YAML?
did you get any solution for this? I ask because I’m planning to add a time field on the yaml front matter and I would like to search for files within “this month” or “last month”
View ArticleWill we have a DT 4 in the near future？
See DEVONtechnologies | Our Business Principles We communicate many of our plans and intentions; for development and competitive reasons, we don’t communicate all of them. We don’t communicate release...
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And, as MacFamily tree stores the databases and backups made from within that app in a subfolder of ~/Library/Containers your data and backups are backed up by TimeMachine unless you exclude that...
View ArticleWill we have a DT 4 in the near future？
Welcome @harry.yanghao If only DT had better editing skills. “better” is a matter of opinion. Many people, including myself, write in DEVONthink all the time. Please provide more concrete information...
View ArticleUpdating Records
I was using DT3 until about April of 2023 and then stopped. I would now like to resume. For example, I have a group Banking. Within that group in DT3 are nested folders for each year beginning with...
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Filtering search results based on MultiMarkdown metadata or YAML?
lpuerto: I would like to search for files within “this month” or “last month” This is not possible with YAML frontmatter as those are just strings. They are not dates (except in your mind ). If you...
View ArticleUpdating Records
DEVONthink will allow you to drag and import new documents, and if there are any duplicates, DEVONthink has tools to help you locate duplicates. Search the “DEVONthink Manual” for “duplicates” to find...
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Question about Indexing folders
I wasn’t intending on indexing the MFT files, my though was to move the files out of DT into iCloud and index them there, but I think I’ll leave well enough alone, it’s worked great for years this...
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