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scotte: I created a note in my Inbox. Are you referring to the Inbox of a database or the Global Inbox and is the Notes is a separate database?
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I have to say that my opinion is to let DEVONthink 3 do it all. Obviously though BLUEFROG is right, as you guessed! I do make folders of obvious things now on import. Collections of papers on a very...
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Global Inbox - doesn’t matter. If I replicate to inbox and then move the note to another folder, there are two and are replicants. Move one to trash and then move from trash back to the folder and the...
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scotte: Move one to trash and then move from trash back to the folder and the second one disappears and there is just a single document. That’s not what you said in your first post. There, you moved...
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tudoreynon: Honestly I recommend trying it, it is a bit nerve wracking at first, but it worked for me and more like my own mind works. The emboldened phrase is a critical bit of information to read...
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While it’s not incorrect to only use the Global Inbox, its intended purpose is to temporarily hold transient or unfiled documents. Think of it in the same way as its real-world, analog… analogue...
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Strangely I do what you do. Open a new one and kind of transition over a period of time and there is a kind of sorting process I can’t define. I appreciate it might be different is one has other kinds...
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tudoreynon: In my case say ‘climate science’ merges with several other topics now, to my dismay in fact. With tags, this is not a headache at all. Say you have just acquired a bunch of documents about...
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Importing Data into Custom Metadata Fields
nigelesque: ahrens-s-2017-How to take smart notes So the Name column is the actual filename of the document in your DEVONthink database? And you’re using it versus the Title?
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Neat, I don’t usually though got batches any more. I have to say that adding a tag, for me, means an extra step on import too. I have a system of smart rules that move things from the Global Inbox. I...
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I would add, consider how you want to partition your data (that is put in separate databases). A consideration is size and what you may or may not want to sync with DTTG. I agree with @rkaplan and in...
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rkaplan: Thus in my main DT3 database, each “Case” gets a Group - since it is much harder to accidentally change a document’s Group than to delete a tag. Additional metadata for the document then...
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saltlane: Some folk will go for everything in one database, but I found I got a big jumble of tags. This never occurred to me. The idea that recipes, financial information, and work-related technical...
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Markdown .mdx file extension
Hi There! I’ve found myself using .mdx files quite a bit recently. Is there anyway to add a Markdown file extension in the same way that you can Plain Text? I folloiwed DEVONtechnologies | How to Add...
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kewms: saltlane: Some folk will go for everything in one database, but I found I got a big jumble of tags. This never occurred to me. The idea that recipes, financial information, and work-related...
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Welcome @livingstaccato From where are you getting .mdx files? I folloiwed DEVONtechnologies | How to Add Plain Text Extensions Only subsequently imported files would be affect unless you did a File...
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tudoreynon: I have a system of smart rules that move things from the Global Inbox. I know I could add tags using those. I use an applescript to assist with moving records from the Global Inbox;...
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