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Posted by Captain CowPie
Aug 23, 2016 at 06:44 PM
Overall I think it is an extremely powerful product, but has a few minor bugs to work out. The sync works, but at this point it syncs a lot of files often using Box.com. Support is aware of this and I’m confident they will fix it shortly. The Bonjour sync works smoothly. I haven’t tested the other types of sync, of which there are many. Flags syncing is off, but also should be fixed by the next release. Given the scope of this product and the limitations of iOS beta testing, it feels like a very mature product despite these small issues.
I am not syncing my entire set of databases yet, just a few to test it out (there are over 60GB on the Mac). It is very nice to be able to see almost every type of file I would need on my phone and iPad. I had that with Evernote, but I never used it to it’s capacity because I like to organize things through an outline. The ability to convert items, replicate and duplicate them, and then search on the with one of the most powerful searches is fantastic.
Being able to take voice notes is huge for me as I used that extensively in Evernote.
I use DTTG all of the time now. When I need something I haven’t synced yet, I just add it to one of my synced databases and it shows up nicely. Speed is excellent, but I haven’t tested it with huge databases yet.
The look of the application is modern and hopefully some of that spills over to the next update of DevonThink Office, which is currently at version 2.9.2.
Things that are missing for me are PDF capture of web pages and the ability to create smart groups. As with the above items, they should show up in the near future.
As Korm noted, understanding the sync process is the largest hurdle at this point to most people. It is not like Evernote where it just happens. But once you set it up, it works well and you don’t need to worry about it. With so many option, it can be overwhelming. However with that comes the power of choice. If you want more security and don’t want anything on the cloud, you have that option.
DTTG is the most used application on my phone at this point. I am mainly using it to capture web pages, take voice notes, reference existing data, and as a time management system. I look forward to what they have in store for future upgrades.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Aug 24, 2016 at 01:49 PM
Hm, that is interesting. I use DEVONthink on the Mac exclusively as a (very powerful) reference database. I haven’t experimented with using it for anything else, let alone with using the iOS version as a kind of do-it-all app.
As you say: I’d be a lot more inclined to do all of the above if the Mac version looked (and behaved) a little more “modern”. But as a reference archiving platform, DEVONthink Pro Office is hard to beat.
Posted by Charlie
Aug 24, 2016 at 03:25 PM
the desktop version is very robust. but the togo2 is not so far when sync. I have some guess on how it works. they creat a sync database on dropbox which I use for sync. the cloud database is called dtstore conceptually. they do everything including version control stuff in this. every time things change, the store has to be updated. So the sync will be memory consuming and complicated.I found the download and sync are separated processes which is reasonable since this will speed up but also eat up a lot of memory. therefore, I find the sync is fast but never completely finished because it crashes before sync is done. my iPad is old so the sync has rarely done; my iphone6 sees the sync done fir only several times .
Posted by bigspud
Aug 26, 2016 at 07:03 AM
I’m no rocket scientist, I got my work to sync ok. Yes I paid the premium, I already shelled out good money for good product with DTPO.
I suppose I’m still trying to figure out what the hell that app is supposed to do well. Aside from all the sync complexity, I’m still baffled.
Paul Korm wrote:
The product page addresses your questions.
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>http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/devonthink-to-go.html
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>“Does it sync well”. Sync, without the premium “upgrade”, is “all or
>nothing”—if you have an 4GB database you have to sync all 4GB unless
>you buy the premium feature to sync only part of the database. If you
>visit the DEVONtechnologies forum you’ll notice that almost all the
>postings regarding this product relate to confusion about how to
>configure and activate sync and/or failure of the sync technology. In
>fairness, DEVONthink attempts to do more with sync than any other
>non-Apple product. Is it too much? Time will tell.
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>bigspud wrote:
>Looking for input on how people use DTTG2.
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>>Is it to reference the main desktop databases on the go?
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>>Or to collect information from mobile sources?
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>>If it’s the latter? are you happy with DTTG2? Applying tags to new
>>content is tedious to day the least, and the native mobile content
>isn’t
>>great at making it into the app. (photos/and webpage content)
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>>But does it sync well? Damn straight! they’ve spent those years wisely.
>>I think this could really be something special!
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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 26, 2016 at 11:26 PM
Hmm. So, let me get this right—you paid $170ish for DEVONthink Pro Office plus DEVONthink to Go plus the DEVONthink to Go Premium and don’t know what to use the software for? Hey—there’s a bridge over here you might be interested in ...
@bigspud
>I suppose I’m still trying to figure out what the hell that app is supposed to do well. Aside from all the sync complexity, I’m still baffled.