Asking for advise re: syncing specific DT3 group <-> DTTG

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I mainly use DTTG to collect temporary research data (Global Inbox). Once Global Inbox syncs to DT3 on the mac, I process the files (i.e. move them to my databases) and leave the Global Inbox is mostly empty.

So far, so good. But…

I would also like to have a specific group from my Research database (the Zettelkasten group, full of markdown files) available in the iPad. However, I don’t want to sync all Research database (which has images, pdfs, web archives, etc).

Alas, I think we cannot sync only specific groups to DTTG. Can anyone suggest a way around this? (Sync only my Zettelkasten markdown files to DTTG.)

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There are at least two options:

  1. Move the group to a dedicated database which should be synchronized with DEVONthink To Go

  2. Synchronize the complete database but download contents only on demand on iOS (requires Pro package of DEVONthink To Go)

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Thank you for the reply, Christian.

Option 1 is not possible since I use a lot of wiki links and they only work inside the same database. Moving the group would break the links with items that were not in the dedicated database.

Option 2 might be possible. Can you point me to where I can learn how to do that? (I do have the Pro package.)

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This is covered in DEVONthink To Go’s ? > Help > Sync your databases > Syncing everything or just the metadata.

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Thanks for the tip. :+1:t2: