Dropbox Backup - restore advice for a tired gentleman
thanks for your quick reply - yes I did store and RE-store the .dtbase2 files there as a backup - for both my normal databases and also the special "inbox’ database which is stored by default in the...
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Dropbox Backup - restore advice for a tired gentleman
Oblique: I guess my fear is that files in my database have just ‘vanished’ without a trace into the ether without my noticing from this process… In that case the verification would be report missing...
View ArticleDTTG Shortcut to save bookmark to specific pre-set Group
Other actions like Create Item or such should also take that amount, depending on whether the data store is busy or not. In my test yesterday it had a long delay at first, as soon as I opened...
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Using Luhmann's Zettelkasten-method in DEVONthink
kewms: Whether you find sequences (or any other organizational scheme) useful depends on what your system is for. I agree on this. And we may assume that most people, me included, do not aim to be the...
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Progress indicator disappears
Christian, you were correct on both counts. I opened DT3 and performed an OCR, and got the progress indicator. I then viewed an Excel file and then went back to a PDF and re-ran an OCR, and there was...
View ArticleIndexing Obsidian folder creates empty files, can you help fix?
I am actually having the same issue (I assume) with an indexed folder that is synced (and shared) via google drive…it might be slightly different as in my case other parties (that I have shared the...
View ArticleIs it possible to two-way merge copies of the same database?
I’m not sure this is clear. Thanks to some computer problems, my two devices each have a different version of the same database. Is there a way to merge them so that I don’t wind up with duplicates of...
View ArticleIs it possible to two-way merge copies of the same database?
Why not merge them and then remove the duplicates? I think there’s even a menu entry for that. If not, a smart group might help.
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Home Inventory Catalog
b3d0u1n: I am working on an inventory of home contents … in the style of a museum catalogue. Can you share details of what’s included in your home inventory “catalog” I use an applescript to generate...
View ArticleProgress indicator disappears
Good eye, Andrew! @cgrunenberg: I have confirmed that exact behavior here on Ventura.
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Indexing Obsidian folder creates empty files, can you help fix?
toao: as in my case other parties (that I have shared the folder on google drive with) can obviously make changes to the folder as well. That’s definitely not a DEVONthink issue; it’s a personnel...
View ArticleIs it possible to two-way merge copies of the same database?
You should be able to get things back in order without trying to merge to copies of a database manually. Are these Macs in different geographic locations?
View ArticleDEVOthink: Nutzung von Barcodes
Hallo! Ich möchte meinen Umgang mit zu scannendem Papier verbessern und wurde auf die Möglichkeit aufmerksam, mittels aufgeklebten Barcodes auf zu scannenden Dokumenten eine bessere Zuordnungen der...
View ArticleHome Inventory Catalog
Yes - the general ‘pattern’ is simple by way of available mechanics. I’ve got a directory structure: home floor room in each ‘room’ I place photos that I’ve taken and these are associated to a set of...
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Using Luhmann's Zettelkasten-method in DEVONthink
I tried to follow the zettlekasten method with the numbering and everything. After a while I discovered I was getting too caught up in the method and not the outcome. Notes can be just as efficiently...
View ArticleHeads up when using Arq to backup Devonthink
sorry to resurrect this thread from a few years ago - I am looking at ARQ backup and the settings structure seems to have changed from the original post. For Arq7 fresh install - I cannot see any...
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Home Inventory Catalog
b3d0u1n: I’ve got a directory structure: home floor room I use tags . HomeInventory . HomeInventory-room
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Using Luhmann's Zettelkasten-method in DEVONthink
I agree that from a subjective perspective, it’s the outcome, not the name, that matters. We devise our own methods, inspired by existing methods of others. My own method can have a name of my choice....
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Dropbox Backup - restore advice for a tired gentleman
Do we know by what mechanisms then dropbox could theoretically a problem for a database that is not open in Devonthink? its just a file transfer of an inert file that is not being accessed or written...
View ArticleUsing Luhmann's Zettelkasten-method in DEVONthink
The distinction between The Zettelkasten as implemented by Luhmann, and a zettelkasten-like object (such as a digital system) is further complicated by the German practice of capitalizing nouns.
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