(Again, others may disagree.) And I certainly wouldn’t mix both importing and indexing, at least to begin with. You can always re-export what you’ve imported, and then index, when you’ve got the hang of the application. With indexing, you have two databases to worry about - the Finder’s and DevonThink’s own with importing, effectively only one. Personally also I would start off by importing rather than indexing, again for reasons of keeping everything simple. The other methods of finding documents in DT, or filing them away in the first place are sufficiently sophisticated that you don’t really require tagging (although plenty of people would disagree with that). Personally, I wouldn’t tag anything that I index or import into it tagging complicates what you can do, and in the DevonThink context it has a slightly special meaning and takes a while to learn and understand. It’s a magnificent application, but you have to get used to its quirks. It exports via OPML to Scrivener.Ī word about DevonThink. Incidentally, Steve Z.‘s blogs on Tinderbox provide the quickest route I know (and I’ve done all the the tutorials, and I mean all!) to getting a decent grounding in the app.Ī relatively cheap and simple mind-mapping programme for the Mac is MindNode Pro: !/mac. But I think it does already successfully export to Scrivener - at least there’s a template in its file menu to allow it to do so, and I seem to remember a recent dialogue in the Tinderbox forums on this subject (do a Search on the term “Scrivener”). In a workflow, I think it’s best used for either “creating by jotting down random notes to see what they add up to” or “analysis of what already exists to get a firmer handle on it”. Still, a dedicated Scrivener export would be brilliant and make the two applications a perfect match.Ī word about Tinderbox: although Tbx can be used for data management, such a use wouldn’t be playing to its strengths. Fortunately, it is pretty easy to export to plain text and I can usually make do with this. Still, I can’t quite get my head around it. I’ve even had a communication with Mark Bernstein (the developer) about it and he assures me it is easy, just a matter of creating some export templates. There seems to be a lot of communication and cooperation between the two developers, so I am hopeful this is indeed in the works.įor me, one of the biggest drawbacks of Tinderbox remains its arcane (to me, anyway) export functionality. This Tinderbox feature was hinted at on the Scrivener forum (I believe). > Thanks Steve, this is very helpful! The export feature you mention for Scrivener would certainly give it an advantage. For notes I think I will try Notational Velocity or just create them inside DT. Rather than using Circus Ponies Notebook, I am going to stick with Scrivener and a mind-mapping program. Here I have settled on DevonThink, although Tinderbox is a strong contender. I believe Sente does this but I’ve been unable to find a way to export/sync my reference/PDFs from Zotero. Just a quick update on how I see my workflow coming together, and a few questions:įor now I will settle for Zotero but I am looking for reference manager that can sync with a shared folder such as dropbox. Thanks Steve, this is very helpful! The export feature you mention for Scrivener would certainly give it an advantage. Workflow on Mac (Mountain Lion) for PhD Thesis
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