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for an hour with a DT user and see how it goes. Looks fascinating but
complicated. Also, I've seen references to syncing it across one's
machines and devices. Is it possible, easy to do this?<br>
Howie<br>
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<br>Yes, it's included but you have to find a place where to store the
data.
I haven't checked what services they include but I'm using Dropbox.
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<br>Thanks for the review. In DT, is the sync functionality included
with
the application? That is, if I buy a version, will it sync to other
copies of that without an additional fee? I am a longterm EN user, but
with their recent price increases, I am considering a move to OneNote or
Notes (and now DT).
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<p dir="auto">On 25 Aug 2016, at 16:38, Howard Wettstein wrote:</p>
<p dir="auto">Devonthink is similar to Evernote in that you can store
notes, pdfs, etc in a database. But Devonthink takes a different
approach than Evernote.</p>
<p dir="auto">Evernote is an online service (at least if you want to
take full advantage of the available features) that has clients on a
large number of platforms. EN stores notes etc in HTML format but it can
also "embed" files, photos, etc in those pages. The OCR is pretty,
organization and searching is average, there is good support from
various other apps/services to use EN. From my point of view I think it
works best as a capture device for web pages - I don't like it very much
from a note taking view (the formatting is also troublesome when
working on different platforms). Biggest problem for me is that it
modifies plain text files when they are stored as notes (tabs etc are
removed since the text is stored as HTML), also no Markdown support.</p>
<p dir="auto">Devonthink on the other hand is a "local app", i.e. there
is no cloud where you store the data instead everything lives on your
Mac (more about this later). You can create any number of databases, you
can organize each database as you like - for example in a hierarchical
fashion (folders within folders). You can store almost any kind of data
in its original form - so a text file stays a text file, a word file is a
word file. Actually, you can tell Devonthink to index files <em>outside</em>
the database which means that you can leave your Word files as normal
files in a folder somewhere on your harddisk but DT will index them and
make them searchable from within DT. DT also contains a web browser, a
very powerful search engine, some "AI" to help you categorize and find
material, etc. It also supports templates and is highly
scriptable/extensible.</p>
<p dir="auto">Evernote have had the convenience advantage because of the
syncing and the availability on many platforms while DT has pretty much
won everything else except OCR (EN is more convenient). </p>
<p dir="auto">They both have user interfaces that be considered ...
"rough". EN has an almost flat "learning curve" while DT will surprise
you for years you with functionality that you didn't know existed. </p>
<p dir="auto">I've used both on-and-off for a long time. And until this
summer Evernote has won because of the convenience aspect, but this
summer Devon Technologies released a new syncing engine together with a
new iOS client ... which makes a huge difference. The convenience
advantage is now gone for Evernote (I'm all macOS/iOS) so I'm now moving
my important stuff to DT - will probably continue to use EN for sharing
documents etc within the family but otherwise I'm going to DT.</p>
<p dir="auto">= jem</p>
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Devonthink. Could someone give me a
brief description of the program and how it works? I don’t mean a
technical account, just a short message about how to use it, what it
does, etc. Or a link to where I can find such a descriptions. I’ver
used Evernote for years, love it, and it seems there is overlap.
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<br>Thanks.
<br>Howie
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