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Winterfest promotion 1/11/2022

Well, I was weak. Paid my upgrade fee, back to Tinderbox. I remain very addicted to Devonthink. What I'm hoping to do with Tinderbox, mostly, is use it as a corkboard or mindmap. If Devonthink had t...

Winterfest promotion 1/10/2022

Does anyone have a feel for the differences between Storyspace and Tinderbox? I'm primarily interested in notes for writing. Technical writing, which is probably my only credible excuse for picking up...

Diagram software with notes attached to each space? 12/24/2021

A thought about Tinderbox, which I'm helplessly sliding toward purchasing afresh. I don't think I gave it a fair chance the first time around. Applications that go about a common task in a unique way...

Winterfest promotion 12/23/2021

Another reason to be interested in Winterfest - Mellel is just about out of beta with version 5.1. When you buy Mellel, you get a year or two of free updates, so anyone buying now will get 5.1 when i...

Winterfest promotion 12/21/2021

I have to say the ability to create aliases to notes is pretty compelling. A single thing, like a character or location description, can be important in multiple places in a story. So, it should be a...

Winterfest promotion 12/20/2021

Got both of your products, Andy - but I'm still nervous. My credit card could take a hit. For instance, Tinderbox. I strayed from it long ago because of the learning curve. Still, I have to wonder ...

Tags, Nested tags, Links/backlinks, Folders- What do you use? (Also, MOC's or Maps of Content pages) 12/16/2021

I use tags for two things in Devonthink. Tags can be used to add state information to documents. They can also impose alternate hierarchies, and I really enjoy that. My latest favorite trick is a s...

Brainstorming tools 12/15/2021

I have Flying Logic. It has never been a tool I constantly use, but I probably should use it more. The Theory of Constraints, to my shallow understanding, is a way of mapping things like precondition...

Black Friday deals 11/23/2021

Devonthink is 25% off on all their products this weekend. Devonthink isn't an outliner, but you can use it as one. As much as I want to find something flashier, I keep coming back to it.

Notes and Reminders in iOS 15 11/13/2021

MadaboutDana wrote: Well, you can link notes in Notes by using a slight kludge, i.e. using >the Share function to copy a single note's URL, then typing it into >another note (or creating a link in a...

Walling 11/11/2021

I wish there was a corkboard app that would display URL's. Think of a cross between a web browser and corkboard. Then I could have an inventory of ideas as notes in Devonthink. A subset could go on a...

If you type foreign language on a Mac 11/7/2021

Keyboard Maestro is pretty cool. Version 10 just came out with macro subroutines. The keyboard option in the Mac's System Preferences lets you select foreign keyboards. If your layout is not quite ri...

SheetPlanner 2.1 Sync & Collaboration 10/27/2021

All the best Peter - sounds exciting. I would volunteer, but I'm afraid I would just let you down. Work is nonstop right now. Nice to have a paycheck, though, so I moderate my whining about the hours...

Aeon Timeline 3 - wow. 9/30/2021

I haven't yet had time for a deep dive, and had the same first impression you got. It's complex. After a few minutes, it seems to be just stuff you can add to events as needed. I think it's like flyi...

Aeon Timeline 3 - wow. 9/30/2021

Aeon 3 was released today, and I hope it really is what it looks like on a quick glance. You get a spreadsheet view. That appears to allow quick event entry. Events can be seen on a timeline, of cou...

Notes and Reminders in iOS 15 9/27/2021

The scanner feature is nice in Notes. Easy cropping, seems to correct for camera aspect well.

How do you deal with Privacy? 9/4/2021

Thank you! I had not entered an encryption key on my sync store. I haven't tested it, but I'm quite sure you're correct and I was wrong. My apologies to any I misled. I, too, am an enthusiastic Devon...

How do you deal with Privacy? 9/1/2021

Too few people take privacy seriously. Witness how few people encrypt email, even though it's simple and automatic with most email clients.

How do you deal with Privacy? 8/30/2021

Ok, I checked. Devonthink doesn't encrypt sync stores, and I suspect I know why. If you changed one character in one file in a ten gig database, the whole ten gig would (probably) change, not just th...

How do you deal with Privacy? 8/30/2021

apb123 wrote: I put everything into Devonthink which is e2e encrypted, and then store >it in iCloud. I’m away from my desk, so I can’t check. I think DT sync stores are in the clear. An...

How do you deal with Privacy? 8/29/2021

My secure cloud is an encrypted thumb drive. Synching is done by a combination of Chronosync and Devonthink's sync store facilities. My to-do's don't include anything particularly private. If I had a...

Planning & executing 8/9/2021

As Eisenhower, or Captain Picard, or somebody we've all heard of before once said, no plan survives contact with the enemy. :-)

Easy Data Transform 7/27/2021

Ditto everything you said, Prion. I got EDT from the Summerfest sale, and I figure I got my money's worth on my first use. A bunch of financial information was available from one outfit, but poorly ...

Hierarchies or Networks? 7/26/2021

TheBrain's jump thoughts remain intriguing. I'm not sure if I correctly understand the difference between network relationships and hierarchical. I think I use tags to form what you're referring to ...

PDF-search vs Devonthink vs Foxtrot vs Devonsphere 7/22/2021

I have a friend who wants to search and relate PDF files on a Windows machine. Devonthink's "see also" function is pretty cool, but he needs that kind of functionality in Windows. Windows-based sugg...

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