One of the reasons I've enjoyed Devonthink for even small projects is that I can use tags and file links. When DT syncs to another Mac, all the links still work, which is not typical of links in a MindNode file. They fail (and crash MindNode) when you try to follow them on another machine.

The limitation seems to be constrained to the filesystem. If I create a sparse disk image and put everything in there, a MindNode file with file links in the image will work on other Macs.

A link to anything outside the image will still crash MindNode. A shame.

Anyway, is there a better way to handle local file links across machines?

The need is to have MindNode (or other utility) contain a link to a local file, and have the link work after the files are copied to another machine. The files will be entirely on one machine at a time, using rsync.

Are you thinking of file:/// links?

Since those links are path-driven, their transport across machines depends on consistent path names (starting at the root) on both machines.

Aha! My username is different on the laptop, so the path to my home directory is the inconsistency. I see a symlink in my future.

Thanks!