Can't import Apple Notes into DT

Running Sonoma 14.1.1, DT Pro 3.9.4, Apple Notes 4.11.

Have enabled On My Mac Account in Notes settings.

In a DT database, I select File / Import / Folders & Attachments from Notes … and nothing happens.

Anything else I should be doing to import Apple Notes into DT Pro?

Is DEVONthink 3 allowed to automate Notes, see System Settings?

Yes it is.

And does it also have full disk access?

Aha!

It does now. Thank you.

One further question: now is there a way to have DT import from Notes only new or changed items, or will it do a total import of all Notes every time?

It imports all and will create duplicates. It’s not intended for syncing Apple Notes.

Got it - thanks.

The next release will show an alert in case of no full disk access and include the option to open the system settings on demand.

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Is there a way to move a single note from the Notes app into DEVONthink Pro? Drag and drop doesn’t seem to work to do that.

Notes offers a “Share” menu at the top of its window, where I can see “DEVONthink 3” – doesn’t that work?

Drag and drop doesn’t work in some Apple apps since there’s no backing file associated with it. You’re looking at entries in a database table.

@chrillek is correct on this.
There’s also the File > Export as PDF option you could use, saving it to the Inbox’s sidebar alias in the Finder.

Thanks; that works nicely. Chrillek asked whether the Share menu works to do what I want. I tried that, and I get a dialog box asking me to “Create a link with Add to DEVONthink 3 to add people to collaborate with on this document,” but I don’t see how to work with this. Hmm.

Randy

You need to click the dropdown in the Share menu and change it from Collaborate to Send Copy.
Click Add to DEVONthink 3 to open the Sorter and clip the content.
To preserve the look, switch to Rich Text format.

Excellent. This is great. Thank you!

Randy

You’re welcome :slight_smile: