Devonthink cross-platform alternative is actually Typora (markdown + folders)
The majority of the reason I still am using Apple platforms primarily is because of apps like DEVONthink, now you’ve got me dreaming of a Linux version. For me, Markdown isn’t the issue, I’m a heavy...
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I don’t really want to hand OpenAI any kind of access to a huge library of personal information but I’d love a local-LLM integrated with DEVONthink’s and complementing its existing AI.
View ArticleMigrate from Apple Notes - Attachments
Thank you. This is my issue. Typically in Apple Notes I would have a Note (usually in plain text) and then add an attachment to the note. Think of a product manual attached to a note. When I did the...
View ArticleMoving, refiling or trashing groups inside an indexed folder leaves empty...
Hi, On my MacBook Air M2 with the latest Ventura version, I’m encountering the following behaviour with an indexed folder, for which it is not clear from the manual whether it is the expected...
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Moving, refiling or trashing groups inside an indexed folder leaves empty...
bramadams: Those empty folders, in turn, are automatically picked up and re-indexed by DT3, which causes confusion. Only when physically removing those empty folders in Finder, I can get rid of them....
View ArticleHelp with Idiot’s attempt to develop efficient .pdf workflow for research
Thanks Bluefrog for pointing to the annotation feature. I missed that somehow. As I understand it, this is designed to keep pdf and annotation file side by side, copying and pasting linked quotes from...
View ArticleMoving, refiling or trashing groups inside an indexed folder leaves empty...
Hi, Each folder is indexed in only one database. They do not contain any hidden file. I’ve encountered the issue with several of my databases (each with different indexed folders). One peculiarity of...
View ArticleMoving, refiling or trashing groups inside an indexed folder leaves empty...
Are you able to reproduce this using a new test database using some test folders?
View ArticleDevonthink cross-platform alternative is actually Typora (markdown + folders)
Ha, ok, well you don’t ‘completely agree’ as you put it with my perspective really! Anyway lets not get picky on that kind of thing.> it becomes easy to employ shell or Python scripts for effective...
View ArticleMoving, refiling or trashing groups inside an indexed folder leaves empty...
Hi, I’ve tried a couple of things, and can’t reproduce the behaviour with a new database. It also seems like the behaviour in my existing database only happens with groups containing at least one file...
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Devonthink cross-platform alternative is actually Typora (markdown + folders)
clu: with my preferences A key and salient point of distinction There are many of our customers who have not used (or don’t care for) apps like emacs or vim. And many grown up with Apple or defected...
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Devonthink cross-platform alternative is actually Typora (markdown + folders)
If you want to get geeky about it, this project I linked to in another thread was about creating a document manager that was open source and server based. It was far too webtechie for my skills and...
View Article[Request] Group the tags shown in Tags filter
I have been considering changing one of my databases to a flat structure with tag based approach, which would rely heavily on the Tags Filter to find files. This database contains mainly bookmarks and...
View Article[Request] Group the tags shown in Tags filter
The request is noted but I don’t see how this TagPacker is doing anything particularly different than just using hierarchical tags. And it’s not similar in function to the Tags filter pane. It’s akin...
View Article[Request] Group the tags shown in Tags filter
Thank you for your response, Jim. I don’t see how this TagPacker is doing anything particularly different than just using hierarchical tags. And it’s not similar in function to the Tags filter pane....
View ArticleAutomatic page fit to width in continuous scroll view
I think I have identified the cause of this issue and found a workaround that works well enough. I was taking image files (jpg and png) and running them through DT’s OCR. It seems like the deskew...
View Article[Request] Group the tags shown in Tags filter
IMO the demo page shows many of the deficiencies of this over-complicated “packed tags” approach. Each time you select a tag, the appearance of the tags filter changes drastically, increasing your...
View ArticleDrag and drop an image into a markdown file vs "copy item url" and then paste?
If I am wanting to embed a jpg file (that is also stored in Devonthink) into a markdown file, I note that I can drag and drop and end up with this for example: ...
View ArticleDrag and drop an image into a markdown file vs "copy item url" and then paste?
You can’t embed an image into Markdown via any linking method. There is no need for escaping spaces in the alt text, if you’ve added that backslash yourself. Relative and absolute links are...
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