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Some groups do not sync
chrillek: To do what exactly? To sync DEVONthink databases between 2 Mac devices. chrillek: Accessed via WebDAV? Or via SMB? NFS? AFS? The files themselves are accessed via SMB, however, eveytime I...
View ArticleImport email mailbox without putting individual items in groups
that’s good news. I guess I need to look under the hood! Do you have any sample scripts with working modifications?
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Import email mailbox without putting individual items in groups
kidwellj: It’s not clear to me why the import for “Add Mailboxes & Attachments” places every individual email item inside a group. It is noted in the Automation > Application Scripts section of...
View ArticleSome groups do not sync
Yes the database’ Trash is empty , and I tried deleting an item from one of the groups in DEVONthink on Mac mini, found it on the trash, checked DEVONthink’s trash of MacBook, found the same item...
View ArticleDuplicate scans
Side question: as a ScanSnap user, can you successfully scan multipage documents using the Import from Device option? When I use my Brother scanner this way, each page is a separate file.
View ArticleAliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
I’ve read a lot on this forum and in the DT user guide regarding Aliases, Tags and WikiLinks… but a solution for my particular situation doesn’t seem obvious yet. My setup: • MacBook Pro M2 Max •...
View ArticleDropbox + DT mobile
But if those indexed files are in Dropbox, it would be able to access and read those files, in a similar way to how Acrobat Reader does. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/business/integrations/dropbox.html
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Duplicate scans
BLUEFROG: Is DEVONthink’s Preferences > OCR > Original Document > Move to Trash enabled? Smart rules do not use this setting, by the way, as it’s the job of the optional Move to Trash action.
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Aliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
_Phil: • Automatic WikiLinks turned ON A screenshot of Preferences > WikiLinks would be useful as there are additional options. My intention is that whenever I’m reading any document, these...
View ArticleDuplicate scans
I use the Brother scanning software to drop the multi-page PDFs with OCR into a temporary folder, ~/desktop/scanner_output. When new files detected in that older, I have Hazel setup to move the file...
View ArticleAliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
I think you’re overcomplicating things and trying to use WikiLinks and aliases in ways they’re not intended. With aliases, you should not have multiple files with the same alias. Adding an alias of...
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Aliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
_Phil: My intention is that whenever I’m reading any document, these people’s names would appear as a WikiLink, which, when clicked, would take me to a list of all other documents where that person is...
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Moving Sticky Note Annotation
I have the same issue. please see my screenshot with the editing bar included. Would be great to have a solution as I realy would like to use the details field.
View ArticleIndexing a Zotero Folder : Should the DB be synced
I just decided to try indexing my Zotero folder. The DT database looks to be about 2 GB (I have over 10,000 references and maybe 4000 pdf’s). The Zotero folder is local to my computer, but they are...
View ArticleAliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
Great solution. I’m not sure many non-power users use custom metadata fields but they’re so useful!
View ArticleAliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
An even easier way would be to combine the suggestions of both @BLUEFROG and @meowky. Tag each document with the author and use a smart groups to list all documents for that author tag. Using tags you...
View ArticleAliases, Tags, and WikiLinks... Where have I gone wrong?
The OP already has nearly 400 tags. DEVONthink is undoubtedly capable of handling many more, but the same cannot be said of the user.
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Inconsistent thumbnails with Pages documents
BLUEFROG: Is this enabled or not… It is enabled.
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Some groups do not sync
rfog: You have an indexed folder in your DT in your Mac. The files inside the indexed folder go to the sync database That boils down to “they are not in your database, but they are in the sync black...
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