There is no option to copy as PDF, even though the Safari share extension recognizes the file type as such (see first picture). I don’t need a web archive, or a markdown file, just a plain ol’ PDF.
I am requesting that you make the PDF clip to Devonthink function more robust. Yes, I can use the Save to Files, but it is a few more steps, and not as intuitive as using the Clip to Devonthink function.
Downloading PDFs isn’t the issue, as that works. It’s when you’re wanting to capture non-PDF content and get it into DTTG as a PDF. There is no option to convert to PDF in the DTTG share option, and if you print-to-PDF from within the iOS framework, it fails to capture the URL of where the info came form.
I’m not sure that URL actually points to a PDF. It looks more like a link that programmatically determines which file to send to download. If I change the “pdf” to “epub” I get an ePub document downloaded. IOW, it’s not pointing directly to a file. It works in the DT3 Download Manager, tho, so perhaps DTTG needs a Download Manager for items like this?
… I do have the same problem, and it makes me crazy. The workaround to go over the print option gives Devonthink not the original filename of the pdf…
Workaround should be a way for a short period… but this problem still exists and in this thread no official did a comment…
Please fix this issue for us…
I have found that when the DEVONthink share icon can’t copy a PDF to DEVONthink, the Copy to DEVONthink sometimes will.
It seems that the DEVONthink icon just takes the URL for the PDF file and tries to download it into DEVONthink while the Copy to DEVONthink icon somehow grabs the PDF file currently displayed in the browser and copies that instead of just using the URL.
If you, @mcgurme or @olfreddy have got a URL or link to a publicly available PDF that doesn’t import in the way you expect, then the DT staff can try and reproduce it. That probably increases the chance of an issue getting fixed.