![]() ![]() While we may prioritize the sheer utility of an app, it does need to look nice as well. At the very least, any app we choose should fit with iOS instead of feeling like some port from elsewhere in the software realm. We want to see an app that feels just as at home on your iPhone as it does on your iPad or Mac. Yes, iOS and macOS are different beasts, but many of us at The Sweet Setup are iOS first users. I use an iPad as my main work computer and use a Mac mini only when there isn’t a reasonable way to accomplish a task on iOS. As we look at the apps, we’re hoping to find feature parity across iOS and macOS.Īlmost all of us are in a multi-device world now, which means that any research you capture should be accessible on all your devices. We expect basic text to sync within a few seconds and understand that if you’ve saved a large audio file it may take a bit to get a full sync depending on your web connectivity. ![]() To my astonishment, I’m now thinking about uninstalling DEVONthink Pro Office, or maybe using it exclusively as an e-mail backup solution.In Josh Ginter’s look at Keep It, he said that long-term research should be available long-term. So while it doesn’t have the concordance function of DEVONthink, you can come pretty close! But FoxTrot can be set to update its indices on a regular basis (by default, every night), and has ridiculously powerful search options. EagleFiler also allows you to make notes directly, which FoxTrot doesn’t (of course). The “database” is the folder of files etc., which is indexed by FoxTrot/EagleFiler. Yes, I’m using FoxTrot Pro (and now EagleFiler) in the same way as Simon. But for me this is how Finder+Foxtrot Pro replaces Devonthink in my use case scenario.Īpologies, if this is not how you use Devonthink at all. I appreciate that not everyone uses it in that fashion. I threw all my files into Devonthink and essentially used it as a repository of all my data that was searchable. This is pretty much what my use of Devonthink was. I store my files in a Finder folder and Foxtrot indexes them. My database is my Finder folder that is indexed by Foxtrot. Foxtrot is not in itself a database, although it does create one of your indexed location. It stores files and allows you to create new ones as well as see the information in different ways. I think it is dependent on how I used Devonthink. I’m not grasping how Foxtrot is a DEVONthink replacement. >I’ve now moved to Foxtrot Pro as my Devonthink replacement. Beyond that, the feature set of DEVONthink is not much congruent with Foxtrot’s. DEVONthink is limited to whatever is in the currently open database. Foxtrot is discovery (seach, etc.) on steroids for whatever is in the target volume indexed by Foxtrot. ![]() I don’t need this information on iOS and where I occasionally do, it is simple enough to find the files in foxtrot and copy them to iCloud drive and delete when they are no longer necessary. My collect all bucket is now Finder using Hazel to file files not modified in 5 weeks into an Archive folder by Year > Quarter. I’ve now moved to Foxtrot Pro as my Devonthink replacement. It’s just a very solid, clear, useful app that’s regularly updated and supported. EagleFiler etcĪlthough I own Notebooks for Mac and iOS, and despite desiring a cross-platform solution, I’m still relying on EagleFiler on my Mac, which I’ve used for 3-4 years as a DEVONthink replacement. ![]()
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