Given that I’ve opened a pdf document in my browser window and want to use the extension to file it into a folder of my DT database. How can I achieve that? When I use one of the pdf options, I only get an empty pdf in the DB. When I use the webarchive or html options, it’s also not the pdf proper that is included into my database, but a webpage including the pdf, so that Adobe Reader will be opened within the DT browser…
Could it be possible that you’ve simply forgot to provide a method for this most simple task…???
Are you able to clip this PDF successfully using Safari & the “PDF (Paginated)” or “PDF (One Page)” format? If this should fail, which version of DEVONthink and of Mac OS X do you use?
The actual text content of this PDF document is basically garbage. E.g. convert it to plain text or open it with Preview.app, select all, copy the selection and paste it into a TextEdit document and you’ll see. That’s why the automatic name is not that useful.
Personally, I never clip PDFs that were downloaded and displayed by the browser. I just save them to Downloads and import to DEVONthink. The DEVONthink clipper (eg clip to PDF) is intended for converting HTML to PDF, but not for converting PDF to PDF. I.e, it is not “Clip a PDF” but “Clip to PDF”. Since there is no HTML content in a PDF displayed in the browser, you get garbage.
The examples given by the poster above work just fine if the PDF item is saved and imported as I mention.
Same here, although I use Safari’s ‘Export as PDF…’ and select DEVONthink’s Global Inbox as the destination.
However, I tried using the clipper on the Journalism PDF linked above, and used PDF (paginated) as the output and the PDF looks fine in DEVONthink-don’t know why the OP is getting blank PDFs.
Well, of course I do the same - because there is no other way. It would be much more convenient to have a unified interface for importing any content from the browser.
The wonderful Evernote Clipper shows how this can be done. Unfortunately Evernote doesn’t allow for a sufficiently nested folder structure, that’s the most important reason why I still prefer to work with DevonThink.
But I guess if the DT people don’t keep up with the current developments, their days may be counted soon, at least at this workplace here. (Evernote DOES allow for nested tags, btw.)
Try disabling all the other extensions except for Clip To DEVONthink and see if the problem persists.
Umm… people do have vacation time as well as very pressing development issues.
What current developments are we not keeping pace with, especially when other apps are attempting to catch up with us (and we are certainly not standing still?
Oh, btw, I HAD done that experiment already, at least if you mean de-activating all other BROWSER extensions for excluding possible conflicts: As I am usually not using Safari, the Devon Think extension was the only Safari extension at work. Still, the problem persisted.
Now I have de-activated some DT Modules, especially the PDF Services, and the Apple Mail Extensions. This seems to have solved the issue…!
I have the same problem again. After importing it with the DT Clipper as “paginated pdf”, the result in the DT database is another 4kb empty one-page pdf.
This linked PDF also works fine here, and as a FYI, I am using DEVONthink Pro Office with none of the DT Services and Mail.app extensions disabled. I’ve linked a video below where I imported the PDF linked above via the DEVONthink’s Safari extension Clip to DEVONthink 1.2.2.
I use this forum’s prosilver forum style (set in the user control panel), so my screen capture of the forum may look very different from the one you are accustomed to using.
Thanks, Greg. After watching your screencast I tried it again from my desk at home and everything went fine, with Safari as well as with Chrome.
At the public library, alas, where I’m working normally, the problems persist. So can it be that the extension is using some special protocols or ports that may be blocked there…?
Anyway, I will now stop pursuing the issue. Thank you all for your efforts.
Wow, I didn’t realize the screen video was also recording the mic! Yes, I’m very blessed with all the winged visitors that are outside my home office.
As to your question re: the library as the source of the problem, I would say that is a real possibility. You might want to ask someone at the library if they are blocking some connections, perhaps also check the Console the next time you are there and this happens.
