Can I have a blank date field
Thanks so much - that suggestion worked beautifully. I created a “Date Range” custom metadata field and also a “Date Due” so I can fill them in when a document needs them and just leave blank for...
View ArticlePre-defined metadata missing
I am in the trial phase of DEVONthink and playing around with it. I looked at Custom metadata and there was a list of Pre-defined items so I picked “Price” as I will be entering receipts and bills...
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Restructuring a Database (Advice on)
Last year, I came upon the Johnny.Decimal system, and this year I used it to revamp a collection that I have been using and continue to expand over time. It’s perhaps best described as a...
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Restructuring a Database (Advice on)
Yclipse: Johnny.Decimal system I prefer tags instead of folders and words instead of numbers I reflect hierarchy in the tagnames
View ArticleDevonthink web clipping saving as bookmark instead of PDF
Safari’s Export as PDF feature seems to work every time for me. Not sure why I didn’t try it before, and just kept clipping webpages multiple times with the DT extension. I opened a webpage, used File...
View ArticleDTTG bottom tab bar is inaccessible
Welcome @kyle This is an extremely rare issue we cannot reproduce and don’t have any good information leading to a culprit. In this instance a delete and reinstallation is the only recourse. You’ll...
View ArticleCSS for Markdown, write your own
Transcluded documents display their contents. A horizontal rule will not appear unless your including it.
View ArticleMailSuite Script for Filing Messages and Retaining Additional Mailtag Data
That is correct and has been for a very long time. This may change in the future.
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DT on new Mac: serious file error…
chrillek: I just got a new Mac and installed everything from a current TimeMachine backup, including DT’s databases. […] The same thing happens when I restore the latest Arq backup. Most likely the...
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CSS for Markdown, write your own
signsinthedust: For example, when I transclude other Markdown documents, there’s a horizontal bar that appears at the top of a transcluded. If the transcluded note also has properties, some of the...
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DT on new Mac: serious file error…
cgrunenberg: Easiest solution might be to copy the databases from your old Mac. In the end, I used my sync data. That worked as expected.
View ArticleDatabases are gone
Manual backup is satisfying and easy to do. When you have the database selected in DT, go to File>Export>Database Archive. It will create a zipped folder of the database that you can store on...
View ArticleCSS for Markdown, write your own
Yes. I also like that DT indexes some of these fields. It allows me to do advanced searches with other kinds of files with the same metadata.
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CSS for Markdown, write your own
signsinthedust: I also like that DT indexes some of these fields. The YAML format is not required by DEVONthink in order to be indexed. MultiMarkdown metadata is the standard in DT (essentially remove...
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Restructuring a Database (Advice on)
I’m still relatively new, but the one thing I’ve learned as I’ve tried to figure out how to organize is that whatever works for me today is likely not going to work for me tomorrow and so this is...
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Databases are gone
BLUEFROG: There are also online backups, with Arq being known to work safely with DEVONthink data. However, there are limitations to online backups such as the inability to restore if the network is...
View ArticleImporting Data into Custom Metadata Fields
Thanks so much for responding. So here is a sample of four records, (copied in as txt – is that what you meant?). The aim would be to take the last column (‘Scannable Cite’) and match up to the file...
View ArticleImporting Data into Custom Metadata Fields
…by ‘match up’ I mean insert that text into the relevant custom metadata field.
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Databases are gone
gpauley: The 1TB SSD I got for Time Machine is, it seems, the bare minimum! For backups, I use a cheaper 4TB HDD; partitioned for TimeMachine, Arq copy, and a manual weekly export. And Arq Premium for...
View ArticleDeleting replicants in indexed folders
Interesting behaviour, which may well be documented, but which I haven’t understand until now, and a warning about deleting replicants within indexed folders, if you want DT to exactly mirror Finder:...
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