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Dropbox Backup - restore advice for a tired gentleman
The admonition still stands: Do not put your DEVONthink databases in any cloud-synced location or you could irreparably damage them. One instruction to follow and there’s no need to wonder or worry....
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Using Luhmann's Zettelkasten-method in DEVONthink
meowky: Does my method count as Zettelkasten if I have taken inspiration (but no more than that) from Luhmann’s original method? Luhmann’s original method was analogue; cards stored in a cabinet All...
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Is it possible to two-way merge copies of the same database?
historydoll: Is there a way to merge them so that I don’t wind up with duplicates of everything? Create a new sync store on both devices, then upload & synchronize both copies to this sync store....
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DEVOthink: Nutzung von Barcodes
GernotG: Mir ist unklar, welchen Typ ich auswähle sollte. Ich nehme an, dass es sinnvoll wäre, “einzeiligen Text” oder “mehrzeiligen Text” auszuwählen, da das dem Schema der gewählten Barcodes...
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Danke @cgrunenberg ! Ich habe auf “Identifikation” zurückgestellt und DT neu gestartet. Ich habe manuell auf Barcodes gescannt mit Daten > Tags > Strichcodes scannen bei meinem ausgewählten...
View ArticleUsing Luhmann's Zettelkasten-method in DEVONthink
No matter which method we use, we will never find everything we want to find. The larger the amount of data, the greater the risk of overlooking something. This was also true for Luhmann. Who knows...
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DEVOthink: Nutzung von Barcodes
GernotG: Muss der Typ des Barcodes (UPC, EAN, etc.) irgendwo ausgewählt werden, bzw. gibt es Barcodes, die aus bestimmten Gründen nicht funktionieren? Es werden nicht alle Barcodes erkannt/unterstützt...
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I got this applescript from Copilot. What I want to achieve is to automatically change the value of custom metadata “University” based any university names contained in the file name. Like if the file...
View ArticleHeads up when using Arq to backup Devonthink
Open Arq. Select your Back Up location. Go to the Files tab, select a folder to back up. Click Edit. Here you can add exclusion rules, uncheck files you don’t want to back up, etc.
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Help with my applescript
jackhanson: But, this script doesn’t work. What does that mean, exactly? How do you employ the code? And what has Copilot to say about that, if it wrote the code? Hint: it’s hallucinating. Check out...
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I use the apply script in smart rules, and it runs the script, but none of the custom meta data get changed. I read many resources, and come up with an updated one. The script runs, but still, none of...
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Help with my applescript
jackhanson: get custom meta data for All these instructions are actually unnecessary. In addition, sometimes thisRecord is used instead of theRecord.
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Hi, cgrunenbery, I apologize for my mess. I just start to use applescript. I apply this rule to indexed files. I don’t know what goes wrong, although there is no bug reporting, the script runs but the...
View ArticleSearching for Image Keywords
I’ve just discovered DevonThink and am trying to work out whether it would be useful in my work as a photographer. I have tens of thousands of photos with keywords which have been applied using Photo...
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Help with my applescript
jackhanson: I just start to use applescript. Best way is to have a look at both existing, similar scripts and DEVONthink’s script suite (e.g. by dropping the DEVONthink 3.app onto the Script...
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Yes, here’s the new script on performSmartRule(theRecords) tell application id "DNtp" repeat with theRecord in theRecords set recordnam to name of theRecord if recordnam contains "华北理工大学" then add...
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Does it have anything to do with all my files being indexed instead of imported?
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No, this doesn’t matter. But the conditions of the rule might matter as a basic test of your last revision was successful over here.
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This rule is executed only on startup and every hour, maybe On Import/Creation/Renaming would make more sense to simply process new items instead of almost all items regularly? In addition, searching...
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