So perhaps you could create an rtf file in the folder that reminds you what keywords you are using to tag for that project (that’s what I’ve been doing, and it works for me). True, it doesn’t appear the reference to the article would be viewable in both folders, but you could search and find the relevant articles. So I might create tags for an article like “duty to care” or “allocation” and that way I could find an article regardless of which topic I’m searching on (that is, it would be found by both searches). I might want to mark articles which are also relevant for other topics, like allocation of vaccine in a pandemic. Suppose I’m working on an article on the scope of healthcare professionals duty to care in a pandemic. Perhaps you could add a tag for the project you are working on. Tags may allow you to accomplish the same sort of thing you can accomplish with replicants. And the fact that EF can import any file is important–the ability to insert excel files, or whatever–that’s huge. DT has good scanning and OCR right into the application, and I actually do use it occasionally for that purpose (then export to EF).īut the DT discussion forum has indicated the integration of DT with Spotlight will not occur until after Leopard.įor me the fact that the data in Eaglefiler is not locked up in a proprietary filesystem is reassuring. You could leave pdf files outside Devonthink and “index” them in DT, and they would be viewable with Spotlight. But over time I’ve come to use Spotlight more, so I don’t like the fact that Devonthink can’t be seen by Spotlight. Several years ago, the fact that Devonthink wasn’t connected to Spotlight didn’t bother me. What made me switch was Eaglefiler’s integration with the rest of the Mac ecosystem, and integration with Spotlight. I switched to Eaglefiler after using Devonthink and then (more recently) Devonthink Pro. I would appreciate any other input regarding the comparison of EF with DT. Does EF have this capability? Is it planned for future development? If so, I would choose EF over DT. If I make any changes to the primary document filed under A, I would like the copies filed under B and C to change also. The primary document may be saved under topic A, but I like to be able to also save it under topic B and C. This is because I often have a reference document that relates to several different topics. The main feature that attracts me about DT is the replication function. I am attracted to many of the excellent features of EF, including the fact the EF has tags, uses the native Mac file system and Apple Core Data, and is well integrated with other Mac apps. I read many PDFs and have a PDF editor to make notations in them. My work includes reading many scientific papers and writing articles about subjects which naturally tend to overlap. I am considering EagleFiler (EF) as an information management system. I am a scientific researcher recently migrated to the Mac.
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